Eryngium planum L., 1753 27% complete

Blue eryngo

Sp. Pl.: 233 (1753)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Eryngium planum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

Something wrong? Suggest a correction.

Sourced8 Source not recorded10 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 233 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Blue eryngo No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Carrot family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations EC. Europe to Mongolia and W. Himalaya No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 60 cm
  • 60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 203, 500, 818, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color blue Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height empty
  • 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 203, 500, 818, 918
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jul Sourced
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric)
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 489
Sourced
Light empty
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Soil salinity empty
  • 2 / 9 · very slightly saline (peroligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record