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purple eryngo

Eryngium leavenworthii

Description:

Purple cone/pineapple shaped grass.

Notes:

I found this growing in a field during one of the worst droughts in Texas history. http://npsot.org/wp/story/2010/1405/

7 Comments

Lovely!! Would not mind having a field of those pretty flowers in my fields. I would mind walking there though... they look as if they would prick and get stuck on my clothing. : o

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

It looks related to Teasel!

annorion
annorion 12 years ago

I've found that I have to let one pic completely finish uploading before I start another.

KatCuff
KatCuff 12 years ago

Thanks. It happened to a couple of series I uploaded last. I'm going to retry them.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

You have lost the first two pictures. Could you reload them. This is a very nice series!

KatCuff
KatCuff 12 years ago

Thanks!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

pretty

KatCuff
Spotted by
KatCuff

Round Rock, Texas, USA

Spotted on Oct 16, 2011
Submitted on Dec 17, 2011

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