Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Umbelliferae
Genus
Eryngium L.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Eryngium pandanifolium Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 1: 336 (1826)
Vernacular Name(s):
caraguata fibre plant
 Description

Dull green, branched, erect perennial with a stout taproot. Stems hollow, striate, 1–3 m high. Basal lvs entire, linear, apetiolate, up to 1.5 m long × 5 cm at base; margins with small appressed spines 2–5 mm long; stem lvs similar to basal but reduced. Infl. much-branched; capitula numerous, ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, pedunculate, purplish, 5–8–(10) mm long; bracts and bracteoles entire, ovate-triangular, not exceeding fls in fresh material, 1–2 mm long. Fls numerous, purple-tinged, c. 2 mm diam.; calyx teeth ovate, c. 1 mm long. Fr. scaly, 1–3 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Eryngium pandanifolium Cham. & Schltdl.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Chamisso, A.; Schlechtendal, D. de 1826: De plantis in expeditione speculatoria romanzoffiana observatis. Umbelliferae. Linnaea 1: 333–400.
Wilcox, M.; Young, M.; Baynes, H. 2005: Plants of the Auckland Zoo. 20/08/05. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 60(2): 66–82.