- Eryngium constancei
Taxobox
name = "Eryngium constancei"
image_width = 250px
image_caption =
status = EN
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Apiales
familia =Apiaceae
genus = "Eryngium "
species = "E. constancei"
binomial = "Eryngium constancei"
binomial_authority = Y. Sheikh"Eryngium constancei" is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Loch Lomond button celery, or Loch Lomond coyote thistle. It is endemic to
California , where it is known from only three occurrences north of theSan Francisco Bay Area . One of the populations is at theLoch Lomond Vernal Pool Ecological Reserve at Loch Lomond in Lake County. The plant appears mainly invernal pool s. It is endangered on the state and federal levels. This is a hairy, somewhat fleshy, perennial herb growing branching stems to 20 or 30 centimeters in height. Dark green, narrowly spade-shaped leaves grow on long petioles and may grow erect with the stems or lie flat along the ground. They may have smooth to toothed to sharply serrated edges. Flower heads are less than a centimeter wide with a few longer, straight, sharpbract s around the base. The tiny flowers packed into the rounded head are generally white. This plant is threatened by destruction of its fragile vernal pool habitat by a number of causes, including sediment-rich runoff into the pools fromlogging activity, erosion, development, andoff-road vehicles .External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?329,392,401 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERCO39 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/ASP/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=1817 Center for Plant Conservation Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Eryngium+constancei Photo gallery]
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