Eryngium ilicifolium, Lam.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 322

6. E. ilicifolium Lam. , Encycl. Méth. Bot. 4: 757 (1798).

Annual; stems 2-15 cm, procumbent. Basal leaves 2-6 x 1-3 cm, persistent, coriaceous, obovate, with wide, patent, spinescent teeth; lamina shortly decurrent on petiole. Inflorescence spreading, bluish, with usually numerous, ovoid or globose, sessile capitula 1-1-5 cm. Bracts 1-5-3 cm, 5-7, oblanceolate to elliptical, with 2(—3) pairs of triangular, spinescent teeth; bracteoles tricuspidate, the inner dilated at the base and often entire. Sepals 1-2 mm, ovate, aristate. Fruit densely scaly on the angles only. Dry places. S. Spain. Hs. (2V. Africa.)