Eryngo (Eryngium creticum)

Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Eryngium creticum is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Bees, flies, beetles. The plant is self-fertile. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young basal leaves - cooked. — Young basal leaves - cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Fields and rocky places, usually in dry soils. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)