Eryngium maritimum L.

English: Sea holly

German: Meerstrands Männertreu, Stranddistel

Portuguese: Cardo Marítimo

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Apiales (40)

        Family: Apiaceae (30)(family description)

          Genus: Eryngium (5)

            Epithet: maritimum L. (4)

Synonym: Eryngium marinum Garsault

maritimum => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, purple

Check for Eryngium maritimum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [544] Eryngium maritimum - Plants For A Future database
• [775] Image of Eryngium maritimum - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
• [1241] Eryngium - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database

• [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.