Eryngium ovinum

Blue Devil at Dunlop, ACT

Eryngium ovinum at Dunlop, ACT - 28 Dec 2018
Eryngium ovinum at Dunlop, ACT - 28 Dec 2018
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Identification history

Eryngium ovinum 21 Jan 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Eryngium ovinum 21 Jan 2019 CathB

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User's notes

Large patch near edge of woodland burnt in March 2018. Not as many as seen in previous years in areas more severely burnt.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

  • Eryngium ovinum Scientific name
  • Blue Devil Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 820.89m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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