Eryngium L. >

Leaves and bracts pungent pointed. Flowers in dense heads or short cylindrical spikes Eryngium
Plants less than 1 m high
Main stems erect, branched, rigid, ± ribbed, 15–50 cm high
Basal leaves lobed or dentate, broad-ovate in outline; each lobe or tooth terminating in a rigid pungent point; petiole short, broad. Plant without a bluish tinge. Budgewoi. Coastal sand-dunes. Fl. summer–autumn Eryngium maritimum