Eryngium (Sea Holly) ????
I seen this at Cawdor Castle yesterday. Can someone tell me what it is as
I'd like to buy one. Seems like some sort of Eryngium (Sea Holly) but if so which species. It's certainly not the one I normally see. This one has very feathey flowers. The plant was growing to about 4 or 5 feet. BTW if anyones up near Inverness, Cawdor Castle gardens are well worth a visit. http://web.onetel.net.uk/~haggis63/whats-this.jpg Alan |
Eryngium (Sea Holly) ????
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:39:43 +0100, "Alan"
wrote: I seen this at Cawdor Castle yesterday. Can someone tell me what it is as I'd like to buy one. Seems like some sort of Eryngium (Sea Holly) but if so which species. It's certainly not the one I normally see. This one has very feathey flowers. The plant was growing to about 4 or 5 feet. BTW if anyones up near Inverness, Cawdor Castle gardens are well worth a visit. http://web.onetel.net.uk/~haggis63/whats-this.jpg Alan Wouldn't happen to be a type of Thistle, would it? http://www.mccullagh.org/db7/d30-30/thistle.jpg Bart |
Eryngium (Sea Holly) ????
I bet it's Eryngium alpinum Blue Star. Cut and paste the full URL to see a
photo of it. http://www.jparkers.co.uk/index.cfm?...d&continueacti on=category.search&search=alpinum&producttype_id=1 6130 "Alan" wrote in message ... I seen this at Cawdor Castle yesterday. Can someone tell me what it is as I'd like to buy one. Seems like some sort of Eryngium (Sea Holly) but if so which species. It's certainly not the one I normally see. This one has very feathey flowers. The plant was growing to about 4 or 5 feet. BTW if anyones up near Inverness, Cawdor Castle gardens are well worth a visit. http://web.onetel.net.uk/~haggis63/whats-this.jpg Alan |
Eryngium (Sea Holly) ????
In article , Bart Bailey
writes On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:39:43 +0100, "Alan" wrote: I seen this at Cawdor Castle yesterday. Can someone tell me what it is as I'd like to buy one. Seems like some sort of Eryngium (Sea Holly) but if so which species. It's certainly not the one I normally see. This one has very feathey flowers. The plant was growing to about 4 or 5 feet. BTW if anyones up near Inverness, Cawdor Castle gardens are well worth a visit. http://web.onetel.net.uk/~haggis63/whats-this.jpg Alan Wouldn't happen to be a type of Thistle, would it? http://www.mccullagh.org/db7/d30-30/thistle.jpg No - it is definitely an Eryngium. And your picture wasn't a thistle either ;-) It was a teasel - different family altogether - Dipsacaceae, as opposed to carrot family for sea holly and daisy family for thistle. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
Eryngium (Sea Holly) ????
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:25:10 +0100, Kay Easton
wrote: Wouldn't happen to be a type of Thistle, would it? http://www.mccullagh.org/db7/d30-30/thistle.jpg No - it is definitely an Eryngium. And your picture wasn't a thistle either ;-) It was a teasel - different family altogether - Dipsacaceae, as opposed to carrot family for sea holly and daisy family for thistle. It's a pic I had seen before from a digicam gallery reference, http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-30/ and googled it up again, but it looks like the dead dried winter remains of thistle I've seen in fields. Maybe your Eryngiums and our thistles are like our respective yellow hammer birds? g Bart |
Eryngium (Sea Holly) ????
In article , Bart Bailey
writes On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:25:10 +0100, Kay Easton wrote: Wouldn't happen to be a type of Thistle, would it? http://www.mccullagh.org/db7/d30-30/thistle.jpg No - it is definitely an Eryngium. And your picture wasn't a thistle either ;-) It was a teasel - different family altogether - Dipsacaceae, as opposed to carrot family for sea holly and daisy family for thistle. It's a pic I had seen before from a digicam gallery reference, http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-30/ and googled it up again, but it looks like the dead dried winter remains of thistle I've seen in fields. Maybe your Eryngiums and our thistles are like our respective yellow hammer birds? g I guess it's another demonstration of why we need the latin names! Your pic is Dipsacus lacianatum or D fullonem - the latter was used in the woollen trade for brushing out the nap on cloth. A whole lot of teasel heads were put in a frame which was dragged across the cloth. It was a long time before they managed to manufacture a brush which did the job as well as the natural product. The teasel is related to the scabious - Knautia, and when it flowers, the whole head is a purple mass of flowers. The round bit on a thistle is basically the calyx, and the flowers are in a tuft at the top: www.southernskyphoto.com/ macro/gallery_3.htm The Eryngium looks superficially like the teasel in that the whole head is made up of flowers, but if you look closely they are in an umbel, which puts them in Umbellifereae (carrot family) - the nearest is probably Astrantia. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
Eryngium (Sea Holly) ????
"Janice" wrote in message ... I bet it's Eryngium alpinum Blue Star. Cut and paste the full URL to see a photo of it. http://www.jparkers.co.uk/index.cfm?...d&continueacti on=category.search&search=alpinum&producttype_id=1 6130 "Alan" wrote in message ... I seen this at Cawdor Castle yesterday. Can someone tell me what it is as I'd like to buy one. Seems like some sort of Eryngium (Sea Holly) but if so which species. It's certainly not the one I normally see. This one has very feathey flowers. The plant was growing to about 4 or 5 feet. BTW if anyones up near Inverness, Cawdor Castle gardens are well worth a visit. http://web.onetel.net.uk/~haggis63/whats-this.jpg Alan I'm sure your right - it's certainly not a teasel. Chris S |
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