CARROT FAMILY
Eryngium maritimum(SEA HOLLY)
(Çakır dikeni, Göz dikeni)
(Stranddistel) Umbelliferae (Apiaceace)
Tufted glaucous, rigid perennial herbs. Stem stout, widely branched, up to 35 cm. Leaves alternate, suborbicular, leathery, bluish-green, 3-5-lobed, with an undulate spiny margin. Inflorescence in dense rounded heads, ovoid; bracts ovate, coarsely spiny. Sepals prominent, stiff. Petals free, powder blue. Fruit egg-shaped to globose, often scaly. Fl. June-August. Coastal sands.
Shores of Europe, Mediterranean and Black Sea.
