Family: Apiaceae
Scientific Name: Eryngium planum Blue Hobbit
Common Name: Blue Hobbit Sea Holly
| Description | One of the shorter Sea Holly cultivars. |
| Pronunciation | (e-RIN-ji-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, dry, never wet |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained, does good in poor soil |
| Temperature | likes hot weather |
| Flowers | spiky globular blue flower heads, 9-15 involucral of bracts, bracts create a collar under the flower, good dried flower |
| Leaves | alternate, stems leaves are sessile and deeply dissected |
| Stems | stems emerge from basal rosettes |
| Roots | tap root |
| Dimensions | 12 inches tall |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Species plant native to the European mountainous regions and the Balkan peninsula. |
| Notes & Reference | #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills) |
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