Eryngium ovinum

Blue Devil at The Pinnacle

Eryngium ovinum at The Pinnacle - 25 Jan 2024
Eryngium ovinum at The Pinnacle - 25 Jan 2024
Eryngium ovinum at The Pinnacle - 25 Jan 2024
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Eryngium ovinum 26 Jan 2024 pinnaCLE
Eryngium ovinum 25 Jan 2024 CattleDog

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Quite stunted plants. Unable to get a better close-up of the small (~5mm) orange and black insects on the photo of the single flower.

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Lomandra multiflora (Many-flowered Matrush) at Belconnen, ACT - 21 Oct 2023 by sangio7
Lomandra bracteata (Small Matrush) at Belconnen, ACT - 21 Oct 2023 by sangio7
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus (Annual Daisy) at Belconnen, ACT - 2 Oct 2023 by pinnaCLE
Clematis leptophylla (Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard) at Belconnen, ACT - 10 Aug 2023 by CattleDog
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Cassinia quinquefaria (Rosemary Cassinia) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 27 Feb 2023 by sangio7
Haloragis heterophylla (Variable Raspwort) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 17 Dec 2022 by sangio7
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Cymbonotus sp. (preissianus or lawsonianus) (Bears Ears) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 27 Aug 2022 by sangio7
Oxytes brachypoda (Large Tick-trefoil) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 9 Mar 2022 by sangio7
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Sporobolus creber (Slender Rat's Tail Grass) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 1 Mar 2022 by sangio7
Haloragis heterophylla (Variable Raspwort) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 28 Feb 2022 by sangio7
Tricoryne elatior (Yellow Rush Lily) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 26 Dec 2021 by sangio7
Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor (Hoary Sunray) at Holt, ACT - 5 Oct 2021 by sangio7
Stackhousia monogyna (Creamy Candles) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 12 Sep 2021 by pinnaCLE
Clematis leptophylla (Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard) at Holt, ACT - 8 Sep 2021 by sangio7
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus (Kurrajong) at Dunlop, ACT - 25 Apr 2020 by sangio7
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus (Kurrajong) at Dunlop, ACT - 25 Apr 2020 by sangio7
Cryptandra amara (Bitter Cryptandra) at Dunlop, ACT - 15 Oct 2016 by AlisonMilton
Stackhousia monogyna (Creamy Candles) at Dunlop, ACT - 15 Oct 2016 by AlisonMilton
Drosera sp. (A Sundew) at Dunlop, ACT - 15 Oct 2016 by AlisonMilton
Cheilanthes sieberi (Rock Fern) at Dunlop, ACT - 13 Apr 2015 by RussellB
Dianella revoluta var. revoluta (Black-Anther Flax Lily) at Dunlop, ACT - 13 Apr 2015 by RussellB
Cymbonotus sp. (preissianus or lawsonianus) (Bears Ears) at Dunlop, ACT - 13 Apr 2015 by RussellB
Hardenbergia violacea (False Sarsaparilla) at Dunlop, ACT - 13 Apr 2015 by RussellB
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Dunlop, ACT - 25 Jan 2015 by pinnaCLE

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • Less than 10cm Plant height
  • True In flower

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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