Rank Species | Higher classification Eryngium | |
Similar Eryngium, Eryngium planum, Umbelifers, Galeopsis, Eryngium alpinum | ||
Echte kruisdistel eryngium campestre 2016 08 28
Eryngium campestre, known as field eryngo, 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 leaves of this plant are mined by the gall fly which is called Euleia heraclei.
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Flowering season
July–September
Distribution
Mainly Central and southern Europe, north to Germany and Holland. Rare in the British Isles.
Uses
Used in herbalism as an infusion to treat coughs, whooping cough and urinary infections. Roots were formerly candied as sweets or boiled and roasted as a vegetable. Active constituents: Essential oils, saponins, tannins.
References
Eryngium campestre Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA