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Interactive Keys: Emergent

Purple and Blue Flowers
 
6. Flowers in dense heads

Carrots (Apiaceae)

Hooker's eryngo (Eryngium hookeri Walp.)  
Native annual.
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Eryngium hookeri map                                        Eryngium hookeri

NWI status: FACW

Blueflower eryngo (Eryngium integrifolium Walt.) 
Native perennial.

Eryngium integrifolium map                                       Eryngium integrifolium

NWI status: FACW

Creeping eryngo (Eryngium prostratum Nutt. ex DC.) 
Native perennial.

Eryngium prostratum map                         Eryngium prostratum

Note: Unlike the other two species of eryngo, this is a small, low-growing plant.

NWI status: FACW

Last update: 2/27/04
Comments to : Bruce Hoagland

bhoagland@ou.edu

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