Apiaceae
Eryngo
Eryngium creticum
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Eryngium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- قرصعنة كريتية
- Bulgarian
- Критски ветрогон
- English
- Eryngo
- Hebrew
- חרחבינה מכחילה
- Persian
- زول گرمسیری
- Polish
- Mikołajek kreteński
- Russian
- Синеголовник критский
- Slovenian
- Kretska možina
Synonyms
- Eryngium cyaneum Sm.
- Eryngium syriacum Lam.
Photos

Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: yonca k, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Chaym Turak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: rd_m_scott, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sakalian, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alper Durmaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Piotr Panek, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: nurlueczane, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lauchauer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.