🔺Definition🔺

Eryngium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. There are about 250 species. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the center of diversity in South America. Common names include eryngo and sea holly. 

A widely distributed shrub, typically having prickly dark green leaves, small white flowers, and red berries. There are several deciduous species of Holly but the evergreen hollies are more typical and familiar. 

          ⏪Root⏩

Top-root, branched. 

          ⏪Stem⏩

Erect, branched, herbaceous. 

           ⏪Leaf⏩

Percolate, exstipulate, simple, alternate, fleshy, covered with whitish mealy powder, reticulate venation. 

        ⏪Flower⏩

Small and inconspicuous, sessile, ebracteate, bisexual, actinomorphic, hypogynous, monochlamydeous. 

        ⭐Example⭐

Both deciduous and evergreen hollies are much loved for their berries, which range in color from orange and red yellow and black.