Eryngium davisii

A short Eryngo with a number of upright stems (to 20 cm). Near the bases are many complex, smallish leaves (approx. 3 cm, leaf stalks of comparable size) that persist past flowering, whilst the stem leaves' broad stalks are spiny. The stems branch sparsely in the upper flowering parts into a narrow, display of heads, mostly yellowish-green in overall appearance but with the flowers themselves are bluish and appear late Aug-Sep. Each flower head is surrounded by 7-9 slender spine-leaves, rather equal, pale green or slightly blue, larger than the flower heads, and within a head each small flower is attended by a small simple spine. It naturally grows at high altitude. Herbarium Photos.

It is closely related to Eryngium heldreichii (Turkey) whose stem leaves' broad stalks lack the spines; and to Eryngium bourgatii (W. Europe), of which E. heldreichii used to be counted as a subspecies. ^[3]

It is endemic to Turkey ^[1], in the southwest near Konya ^[2][3].