Eryngium bourgatii
Eryngium bourgatii
Gelenkuş
subsp. heldreichii
Glaucescent, many-crowned perennial. Stems 15-45 cm, sparsely branched above. Basal leaves persistent, coriaceous, suborbicular in outline, 3-5 cm diam., palmately 3-5-partite or biternatisect, segments divided into numerous lanceolate-subulate spiny lobes. Cauline leaves similar but shorter petioled, the uppermost subsessile, trisect or lanceolate. Inflorescence a narrow glaucous panicle; capitula 3-13, depressed-globose, 1,2-1,5 cm diam. Bracts 7-12, unequal, linearlanceolate, pungent, ± recurved, entire or sparsely spinulose, 2-4 x capitulum, at least the outer ones 7-veined. Bracteoles entire, as long as or longer than flowers. Fl. 7-8. Rocky limestone slopes, 1520-2400 m.
Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon . E. Medit. element.
Subsp. bourgatii differs only in its usually shorter, 3-5-veined outer bracts, and globose-ovoid capitula with bracteoles always longer than flowers.
