Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eryngium baldwinii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium baldwinii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Umbelliferae. North American Flora (Mathias & Constance, 1945)
Eryngium baldwini
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eryngium baldwinii
COMMON NAME:
Baldwin's eryngo, Baldwin's button snakeroot
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Keith Bradley kab_e_baldwinii_9947
March Glades County FL
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area
Heads subglobose or hemispherical when fully developed, about as wide as long, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eryngium baldwinii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium baldwinii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Umbelliferae. North American Flora (Mathias & Constance, 1945)
Eryngium baldwini
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eryngium baldwinii
3938
Forb
Biennial/Perennial
Habitat: Pinelands, temporary pools, ditches, other moist to wet sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaves not armed
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compact heads, the heads solitary on peduncles from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
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