(Apiaceae)
Eryngium gracile  BSWJ10205

Description

A delightful small to medium sized species we collected from the base of a cliff high in the mountains of southern Mexico in 2004. Where it formed plants to 50cm tall, with a rosette of paddle-shaped leaves on long slender petioles. Bearing branched inflorescence of blue flowers backed with silver-white bracts to 5cm across. Easily grown in a sunny to partly shaded spot in drained soil that does not dry out. Short lived for us, but self seeds well forming delightful drifts.