Eryngium amethystinum, the amethyst eryngo, Italian eryngo or amethyst sea holly, is a clump-forming, perennial, tap-rooted herb. Its stem is 30 to 50 cm long and is light blue to purple in colour. It has a basal circle of obovate, pinnate, spiny, leathery, mid-green leaves. It flowers in mid to late summer with cylindrical umbels, 2–3 cm long atop silvery blue bracts and branching stems. The plant is native to the eastern Mediterranean and prefers dry places and soils that are rich in calcium.
Escriviu un símptoma o una malaltia i llegiu sobre herbes que us poden ajudar, escriviu una herba i vegeu malalties i símptomes contra els quals s’utilitza.
* Tota la informació es basa en investigacions científiques publicades