Eryngium galeottii Hemsl.

Eryngium galeottii Hemsl. in Hook. Ic. pi. 2510. 1897
Eryngium Ghiesbreghtii sensu Coult. & Rose. Contr. U. S Nat. Herb. 3: 299. 1895. Not E. Ghiesbreghtii Decaisne, 1873.
Slender, caulescent, glabrous perennials, 3-9 dm. high, from a fascicle of cylindrical, tuberous roots, the stems simple or sparingly branched, erect; basal leaves lanceolate, 5-8 cm. long, 0.5-2 cm. broad, cuneate at the base and tapering to the acuminate apex, callous-margined, crenate or crenate-serrate, the venation pinnately reticulate; petioles narrow, slender, sheathing at the base, 5-15 cm. long, exceeding the blades; cauline leaves few, like the basal, the upper reduced, alternate or opposite, narrow, sessile; inflorescence sparingly cymosely branched to simple, the heads rather large, few, pedunculate, the flowers numerous; heads ovoid, 8-15 mm. long, 6-10 mm. broad; bracts 6-10, chartaceous, spreading to reflexed, linear-lanceolate or rarely ovate, 5-12 mm. long, 1.5-4 mm. broad, acuminate, narrowly scarious-margined at the base, entire or with mostly 2 spinulose teeth, green beneath and whitish or amethystine above, shorter than the heads; bractlets like the bracts, subulate, 4-5 mm. long, exceeding the fruit; coma wanting; sepals lanceolate, 2-2.5 mm. long, mucronate, entire; petals oblanceolate, 1.5-2 mm. long; styles slender, exceeding the sepals; immature fruit globose, 2 mm. in diameter, the calycine scales lanceolate, small, those of the faces and angles sparse.
Type locality: Cordillera of Oaxaca at 7000 to 8000 feet. Galeotti 2767. Distribution: Mexico to Oaxaca (Hinlon 2759, Pringle 4746).