Eryngium bourgatii, Gouan

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 : 323

21. E. bourgatii Gouan , Obs. Bot. 7 (1773).

Perennial; stems 15-45 cm, erect. Basal leaves slightly coriaceous, persistent; lamina 3-7 cm, suborbicular, 3-sect with pinnatifid or 2-pinnatifid, spinescent-dentate segments; petiole 2-4 times as long as lamina, unwinged. Inflorescence usually bluish, with up to 7 pedunculate, ovoid-globose capitula 1-5-2-5 cm. Bracts 2-5 cm, 10-15, linear-lanceolate, entire or with 1—2(—3) pairs of spinescent teeth; bracteoles entire or 3-cuspidate. Sepals c. 3 mm, lanceolate to ovate, aristate. Fruit sparsely scaly. In = 16. Dry, stony places on mountains. Spain, Pyrenees. Ga Hs.