Eryngium campestre
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Eryngium alpinum (Field eryngo) is a species of Eryngium, which is used medicinally. A member of the carrot family, Eryngo is a hairless, thorny perennial. The leaves are tough and stiff, whitish-green. The basal leaves are long-stalked, pinnate and spiny. The leafs of this plant are mined by the gall fly which is called Euleia heraclei.
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[edit] Flowering season
July-September
[edit] Distribution
Mainly Central and southern Europe, north to Germany and Holland. Rare in the British Isles.
[edit] Uses
Used in herbalism as an infusion to treat coughs, whooping cough and urinary infections. Roots were formerly candied as sweets or boiled and roasted as a vegetable. Active Ingredients: Essential oils, saponins, tannins.
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