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Sea Holly
Sea holly is a common name for several plants and may refer to: * ''Acanthus ebracteatus'' * ''Eryngium'' species, especially: ** ''Eryngium maritimum ''Eryngium maritimum'', the sea holly or sea eryngo, or sea eryngium, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and native to most European coastlines. It resembles a thistle in appearance because of its burr-shaped inflor ...'' {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthus Ebracteatus
''Acanthus ebracteatus'' is a species of shrubby herb that grows in the undergrowth of mangroves of south-east Asia. Common names include sea holly and holly mangrove. Description It grows as an erect, spreading or scrambling shrubby herb, up to 1.5 metres tall, usually with a great many stems. Its leaves are dark green, stiff, with sharp spines at the end of each deep lobe: very much like those of holly (''Ilex''). Flowers are blue, purple or white, and occur in spikes terminal on the branches. The fruit is a square-shaped capsule, which explodes when ripe, projecting the seeds up to two metres from the plant. Seeds are off-white and flat. Taxonomy This species was first described by Martin Vahl in his 1791 ''Symbolae Botanicae''. In 1806 Christiaan Persoon transferred it into '' Dilivaria'', but this was not accepted. Two subspecies are recognised, the autonym ''A. ebracteatus'' subsp. ''ebracteatus'', and ''A. ebracteatus'' subsp. ''ebarbatus'', described in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eryngium
''Eryngium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. There are about 250 species. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with centres of diversity in the western Mediterranean, South America and Mexico.Calviño, C.I., Martínez, S.G. & Downie, S.R. (2008) The evolutionary history of ''Eryngium'' (''Apiaceae'', ''Saniculoideae''): rapid radiations, long distance dispersals, and hybridizations. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 46(3): 1129–1150. Common names include eryngo and sea holly (though not to be confused with true hollies, of the genus '' Ilex''). These are annual and perennial herbs with hairless and usually spiny leaves. The dome-shaped umbels of steely blue or white flowers have whorls of spiny basal bracts. European and Asian species tend to be native to dry, rocky and coastal areas, and the American species are native to often damp grasslands. In the language of flowers, they represent admiration. Systematics Taxonomic history The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
