Eryngium campestre

Taxobox
name = "Eryngium campestre"

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Apiales
familia = Apiaceae
genus = "Eryngium"
species = "E. campestre"
binomial = "Eryngium campestre"
binomial_authority = L.

"Eryngium alpinum" (Field eryngo) is a species of "Eryngium", which is used medicinally. A member of the carrot 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 leafs of this plant are mined by the gall fly which is called "Euleia heraclei".

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 Ingredients: Essential oils, saponins, tannins.

External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERCA19 USDA Plants Profile: "Eryngium campestre"]