Eryngium amethystinum

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iEryngium amethystinum
Eryngium amethystinum
Eryngium amethystinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Eryngium
Species: amethistiunum

Eryngium amethystinum (Amethyst Sea Holly) is a mediterranean herb. Its stem is 30 to 50 cm long and is light blue to purple in colour. It flowers in the summer. The plant lives in the eastern Mediterranean and prefers dry places and soils that are rich in calcium.