Eryngium bornmuelleri

Çölemerik dikeni

Tall perennial. Sterns 1-1,5 m, branched above. Basal leaves persistent, coriaceous, broadly cordate to triangular-cordate, 12-20 x 15-22 cm, crenate-dentate. Median cauline leaves smaller, shortly petiolate to subsessile; uppermost ovate, amplexicaul. Inflorescence bluish, corymbose-paniculate; capitula 5-11, ovate-globose, ]5-25 mm diam. Bracts 7-9, subfoliose, ovate-lanceolate, pungent-acuminate, sparsely spinulose below, ½ -1 ½  x capitulum. Bracteoles all entire. Fl. 8-9. Rocky slopes, 2500-2740 m.

Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element