Eryngium campestre
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Eryngium campestre is a species
of Eryngium
, which is used medicinally. A member of the Apiaceae
family, Eryngo is a hairless, thorny perennial
. The leaves are tough and stiff, whitish-green. The basal leaves are long-stalked, pinnate
and spiny.
The leaf
s of this plant are mined by the gall fly which is called Euleia heraclei
.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of Eryngium
Eryngium
Eryngium is a genus in the family Apiaceae of about 230 species of annuals and perennials with hairless and usually spiny leaves, and dome-shaped umbels of flowers resembling those of thistles. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the centre of diversity in South America. Some species...
, which is used medicinally. A member of the Apiaceae
Apiaceae
The Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
family, Eryngo is a hairless, thorny perennial
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
. The leaves are tough and stiff, whitish-green. The basal leaves are long-stalked, pinnate
Pinnate
Pinnate is a term used to describe feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis in plant or animal structures, and comes from the Latin word pinna meaning "feather", "wing", or "fin". A similar term is pectinate, which refers to a comb-like arrangement of parts...
and spiny.
The leaf
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
s of this plant are mined by the gall fly which is called Euleia heraclei
Euleia heraclei
Euleia heraclei is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Euleia of the family Tephritidae....
.