Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Eryngium vesiculosum
Common name
Prostrate Blue Devil, Prickfoot
Family
Apiaceae
Where found
Low-lying damp areas in woodland and grassland. ACT and tablelands.
Notes
Annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial herb, prostrate, with branches to 0.30 m long. Leaves with spiny margins and tips. Bracts within the flower heads spiny. Basal leaves 2-15 cm long, 5–15 mm wide, stem leaves opposite each other, shorter. Flower heads oval, 5–10 mm long, 5–8 mm in diameter, with many individual small flowers. Individual flowers with 5 white, becoming blue, petals. Bracts within the flower heads greenish, 8–20 mm long. Flowers December–March.
VICFLORA states that Eryngium vesiculosum only occurs in Victoria. NSW plants (with one or two exceptions) belong to another species not yet described. (accessed 4 May 2021)
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eryngium~vesiculosum (accessed 4 May 2021)
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