Eryngium integrifolium

Classification	Dicots
Family	Apiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Apiaceae
Genus	Eryngium
Species:	Eryngium integrifolium Walter
Common Name	Blueflower Eryngo
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Blue; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 0; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Fusion: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	10
Status	Native; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[S1] KY[S1] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Eryngium virgatum	Eryngium virgatum

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Calloway (KY), Benton (TN), Bradley (TN), Coffee (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), McNairy (TN), Putnam (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 2006 - 2006

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100210754	Calloway	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	EKY Eryngium integrifolium
31234100719143	Calloway	Kentucky		Landon E. Mckinney	EKY Eryngium integrifolium
31234100210812	White	Tennessee		Ronald L. Jones	EKY Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160049	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160044	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160043	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160055	White	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160036	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160213	Calloway	Kentucky			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160040	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160046	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160039	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160045	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160052	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160054	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160050	Hardin	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160048	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160057	White	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160047	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160056	White	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160038	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160047TENN-V-0160048	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160058	White	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160037	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160053	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160051	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160036TENN-V-0160037	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160042	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160035	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160041	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
TENN-V-0160036TENN-V-0160037TENN	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Eryngium integrifolium
UCHT021170	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Eryngium integrifolium
UCHT021166	White	Tennessee			UCHT Eryngium integrifolium
UCHT021165	White	Tennessee			UCHT Eryngium integrifolium
UCHT021167	White	Tennessee			UCHT Eryngium integrifolium
APSC0099499	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Eryngium integrifolium
APSC0048261	White	Tennessee			APSC Eryngium integrifolium
APSC0062424	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Eryngium integrifolium
APSC0029796	Hardin	Tennessee	21 Aug 2006	Dwayne Estes	APSC Eryngium integrifolium
APSC0099601	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Eryngium integrifolium
APSC0091513	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Eryngium integrifolium
APSC0076482	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Eryngium integrifolium
APSC0116907	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Eryngium integrifolium
APSC0029797	White	Tennessee			APSC Eryngium integrifolium
MTSU023360		Tennessee			MTSU Eryngium integrifolium
MTSU023359	Bradley	Tennessee			MTSU Eryngium integrifolium
UCHT033535	Bradley	Tennessee			UCHT Eryngium integrifolium
UCHT033534	Bradley	Tennessee			UCHT Eryngium integrifolium
BRIT69488	Coffee	Tennessee			VDB Eryngium integrifolium
BRIT69496	Warren	Tennessee			VDB Eryngium integrifolium
BRIT69490	Coffee	Tennessee			VDB Eryngium integrifolium
BRIT69489	Coffee	Tennessee			VDB Eryngium integrifolium
BRIT69497	White	Tennessee			VDB Eryngium integrifolium
BRIT69498	White	Tennessee			VDB Eryngium integrifolium
BRIT69495	Warren	Tennessee			VDB Eryngium integrifolium
BRIT69492	Coffee	Tennessee			VDB Eryngium integrifolium
BRIT69493	Coffee	Tennessee			VDB Eryngium integrifolium
BRIT69491	Coffee	Tennessee			VDB Eryngium integrifolium

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Eryngium integrifolium

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