Eryngium giganteum
Eryngium giganteum
Boğadikeni
Stout biennial , root fusiform. Stem 30-130 cm. Basal leaves subcoriaceous, withered at flowering time, cordate-triangular, 7-16 x 12-18 cm, crenate-muticous. Median cauline leaves ovate, subsessile, amplexicaul, incised-spinose, the uppermost deeply trifid into 3 incised-spinose lobes. Inflorescence glaucous to bluish, ascending-paniculate. Capitula 3-9, ovate to oblong, 10-25 mm diam. and up to 40 mm long. Bracts 6-9, foliose, ovate-oblong, incised-spinose, 1-2 x capitulum, overlapping. Bracteoles all tricuspidate. Fl. 7-8. Open forest, scrub, rocky or bare slopes, 800-2300 m.
Caucasia. Euxine element.
