Miss Willmott's Ghost
Eryngium giganteum
Apiaceae
Other names
Tall Eryngo
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Short-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Caucasus
Source of plant
Jelitto Perennial Seeds, Digging Dog Nursery
Description
Robust short lived perennial, to 1.5m. Basal leaves 7-16cm, cordate-triangular, subcoriaceous, irregularly crenate-dentate, petioles to 20cm; lower stem leaves ovate, subsessile, amplexicaul, spinose-dentate, upper stem leaves 3-fid, lobes incised-spinose. Capitula 3-9, ovate to oblong, to 4mm; involucral bracts 6-10, spinose, exceeding capitula, to 6cm; involucel of 3-cuspidate bracteoles; flowers electric blue to pale green. Fruit to 10mm.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6
Special characteristics
flower color