Family: Apiaceae
Common Name: Big Blue Sea Holly
| Description | A larger plant with iridescent blue flowers and blue stems. |
| Pronunciation | (e-RIN-ji-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, dry, never wet |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained, does good in poor soil |
| Flowers | globular iridescent 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, leaves silver |
| Stems | stems become blue |
| Roots | tap root |
| Dimensions | 24-30 inches tall |
| Propagation | COPF, USPP #20636 |
| Native Site | Species plant native to the European mountainous regions and the Balkan peninsula. |
| Cultivar Origin | A Blooms of Bressingham (UK) introduction. |
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