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).

Eryngium galeottii là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa tán. Loài này được Hemsl. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1899.