Eryngium bourgatii

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Saniculoideae
Tribus: Saniculeae
Genus: Eryngium
Species: Eryngium bourgatii
Subspecies: E. b. subsp. bourgatii – E. b. subsp. heldreichii
Name

Eryngium bourgatii Gouan, 1773
Homonyms

Eryngium bourgati Vahl = Eryngium dilatatum Lam.

References

Gouan, A. 1773. Illustrationes et Observationes Botanicae, ad specierum historiam facientes 7: t. 3.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Eryngium bourgatii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Eryngium bourgatii. Published online. Accessed: Sep 15 2018. Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Eryngium bourgatii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 15.
Tropicos.org 2018. Eryngium bourgatii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Sep 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eryngium bourgatii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
català: Panical blau
English: Mediterranean sea holly
español: cardo de la Magdalena, cardo blanco
suomi: Koreapiikkiputki
français: Panicaut de Bourgat
polski: Mikołajek iberyjski

Eryngium bourgatii, the Mediterranean sea holly (also known as Pyrenean eryngo), is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to Andorra, France and Spain, as well as parts of the Levant, Morocco and Turkey.[1] It is an herbaceous perennial, growing to 15–45 cm (6–18 in) tall. The spherical, blue flowerheads have typically spiny bracts.[2]

The species was named after a French medical doctor named Bourgat who collected plants in the Pyrenees in the company of Antoine Gouan, the author of the species, between 1766 and 1767.[3]

Eryngium bourgatii is fairly common in Spain, where it may be found growing as far south as Andalucía and further inland in Castile and León, as well as in the Community of Madrid and in Extremadura, among other locations.[4] However, the plant is mostly found within the Pyrenees and in Spain's northern coastal regions[4]—hence the common name Pyrenean eryngo—where it is known from eastern Galicia and Asturias through Cantabria and the Basque Country, eastward into Andorra and some inland parts of Catalonia.[4] In Southwestern France, it grows throughout the Pyrenees, straddling the Spanish-French border and growing on either side.[4]

Numerous cultivars have been produced within the horticultural and plant trades, of which 'Oxford Blue' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5][6]
References

"Eryngium bourgatii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
Allen J. Coombes (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants (1st ed.). Timber Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2.
"Observations • iNaturalist". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
"Eryngium bourgatii 'Oxford Blue'". RHS. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 36. Retrieved 18 February 2018.