Plants : ApiaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Eryngium maritimum L.

Sea Holly

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Eryngium maritimum

Description: This plant is very distinctive and unmistakeable and occurs in sandy ground on the upper sea shore. It has declined in abundance in the past fifty years and is now remarkably rare.

All names: Eryngium maritimum L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Eryngium maritimum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Eryngium maritimum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Eryngium maritimum. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3636. Accessed on 2026-11-02.