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Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Eryngium vesiculosum |
| Common Name: | prickfoot, prostrate blue devil |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm) |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Wet, Boggy, Poorly Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 20 cm x 60 cm |
| Foliage: | Stiff bright green lance-shaped leaves with long spiny teeth, blade 2-15 cm long, stalk of equal length. |
| Flowers: | Small pale blue egg-shaped to round flowerheads of small flowers on stalks 1-3 cm long, rising from base of tuft and from leaf axils, bracts from base of flowerhead longer than flowerhead. October-February |
| General Comments: | Bog garden or container. Prostrate tufting perennial or short-lived herb. An interesting little plant for bog gardens and beside water areas, where the roots do not dry out. |
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