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Eryngium foetidum L.

culantrillo de monte, culantro tropical, spiritweed, false coriander, long coriander

Plants 8–40 cm high from a basal rosette. Taproot fusiform with fibrous roots. Stem green. Basal leaves numerous; petiole short or obsolete.Flower heads cylindrical. Petals white or pale yellow. Styles erect, ca. 1.1 mm, exceeding calyx teeth. Fruit ovoid-globose, 1.1–1.3 mm, covered with tubercles (WFO, 2022).

It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for food (POWO, 2022).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Apiales

Family
Apiaceae

Genus
Eryngium

Species
foetidum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Eryngium antihystericum Rottb.

Taxon origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Potentially Invasive

Year of first record: 2003

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Its native range is Mexico to Tropical America (POWO, 2022).

References

Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276

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"Galapagos Species Database, Eryngium foetidum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2046. Accessed 7 May 2024.