Apiaceae
Sea-holly
Eryngium maritimum
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Eryngium
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- قرصعنة بحرية
- arz
- قرصعنه بحريه
- Asturian
- Cardu mar
- Basque
- Itsas armika
- Bulgarian
- Морски ветрогон, Приморски ветрогон
- Catalan
- Card marí, Panical marí, Panicaut de mer
- Chinese
- 滨海刺芹, 海冬青
- Corsican
- Cardu marinu
- csb
- Òstropùs, Kòlmòrsczi òstropùs
- Czech
- Máčka přímořská
- Danish
- Strand-Mandstro, Strandmandstro, Strandtidsel
- Dutch
- Blauwe zeedistel
- English
- Sea-holly, Seaside eryngo, Eringoes, Sea holly
- Estonian
- Rand-ogaputk
- Finnish
- Meripiikkiputki
- French
- Chardon bleu, Chardon des dunes, Panicaut de mer, Panicaut maritime
- frr
- Dünemfisel
- Galician
- Cardo da ribeira
- Georgian
- Ზღვისპირა ლურჯი ნარი
- German
- Stranddistel, Meer-Mannstreu, Panicaut de mer, Strand-Mannstreu, Strandmannstreu
- Greek
- Ερύγγιο το παράλιο
- Hebrew
- חרחבינה חופית
- Hungarian
- Tengerparti iringó
- Irish
- Cuileann trá
- Italian
- Eringio marino
- Japanese
- ヒイラギサイコ
- kw
- Morgelyn
- Latvian
- Jūrmalas zilpodze
- Lithuanian
- Pajūrinė zunda, Panicaut de mer
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Strandtorn
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Strandtorn
- Persian
- ارینگیوم ماریتیمم
- Polish
- Mikołajek nadmorski
- Slovak
- Kotúč prímorský
- Slovenian
- Obmorska možina
- Swedish
- Martorn, Kostertistel, Manskraft, Martorna, Panicaut de mer, Vanlig martorn, Äkta martorn
- Ukrainian
- Миколайчики приморські
- Welsh
- Celynnen y môr, Môr-gelyn
Synonyms
- Eryngium marinum Garsault
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 931 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jennifer Woollin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radomil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anna C, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Júlio Reis, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Haplochromis, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.