Eryngium glaciale

English:
Nederlands:
Español: Cardo cuco de Sierra Nevada - Cardo azul
Français:
Deutsch:

Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family
Flowering time: July-August
Height:
Altitude: 2400-3400m
Colour: blue
Habitat: High mountain pastures with little vegetation, rocks, margins of the ´borreguiles´.
Distribution: Sierra Nevada and in the Rif mountains (Morocco)
Notes: Unpalatable for lifestock. On the Red List of Flora Vascular de Andalucía.







Related key words: Umbelliferae, endemic, endemisch voor de Sierra Nevada en Rif-gebergte, endemico íbero–magrebí, Bérchules

Eryngium bourgatii

English: Mediterranean Sea Holly - Pyrenean Eryngo - Bourgati's Eryngo
Nederlands:
Español: Cardo de puerto - Cardo blanco - Alguerrico
Français: Panicaut de Bourgat - Chardon bleu des Pyrénées
Deutsch:

Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family
Flowering time: May-August
Height: 20-50cm
Altitude: 800-2300m
Colour: blue
Habitat: pastures, roadsides
Distribution: In Spain it can be found in the Sierra Nevada, Picos de Europa and in the Pyrenees.








Related key words: Umbelliferae, Trevélez, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Andalucía, Cerler-Ampriú (Benasque), Castillo de Acher (Hacho), El Portalet (Sallent de Gálllego), La Estiva-Pineta (Bielsa)

Eryngium maritimum

English: Sea Holly
Nederlands: Blauwe zeedistel
Español: Cardo de mar - Cardo marino
Français: Panicaut maritime
Deutsch: Strand-Mandstro

Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family
Flowering time: June-September
Height: 30-60cm
Altitude:
Colour: blue
Habitat: dunes
Distribution: native to most European coastlines
Notes: Considered endangered in a number of countries, such as Germany where its occurrence has been greatly reduced. In the Netherlands the Sea Holly is a protected species.






Related key words: Umbelliferae, Texel, Hoek van Holland

Astrantia major

English: Great masterwort
Nederlands: Groot sterrenscherm - Zeeuws knoopje
Español: Astrancia - Sanicula hembra
Français: Grande astrance
Deutsch: Große Sterndolde

Family: Apiaceae-Carrot family
Flowering time: June-September
Height: 20-90cm
Altitude: to 2000m
Colour: white, pinkish or greenish
Habitat: woods and woodland cearings, meadows
Distribution: native to the mountains of central and southern Europe
Notes: Widely cultivated in gardens; naturalized in a number of northern European countries.







Related key words: Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Benasque, Sendero Botánico, Picos de Europa, Alps, alpine plant