|                    Fragrant eryngium, Fragrant Eryngo
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                |                    Eryngium aromaticum  
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                |                    Apiaceae 
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                 Landscape Uses:
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                 Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. | 
               
                Ecological Restoration Notes:  | 
               
              
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                | Availability: | 
               
              
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                 Rarely grown by native plant nurseries. | 
               
              
                | Description: | 
               
              
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                 Medium herbaceous wildflower. | 
               
              
                | Height: | 
               
              
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                 About 1-2 feet in height.  Sprawling and forming small open patches. | 
               
              
                | Growth Rate: | 
               
              
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                 Moderate. | 
               
              
                | Range: | 
               
              
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                 Southeastern United States south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties.  Possibly extirpated in Broward County and presumed extirpated in Miami-Dade County where it was collected in pinelands in the vicinity of Arch Creek by John Kunkell Small and others in 1915. | 
               
              
                | Habitats: | 
               
              
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                 Pinelands and scrubby flatwoods. | 
               
              
                | Soils: | 
               
              
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                 Moist to dry, well-drained sandy soils, without humus. | 
               
              
                | Nutritional Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils. | 
               
              
                | Salt Water Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water. | 
               
              
                | Salt Wind Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. | 
               
              
                | Drought Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 High; does not require any supplemental water once established. | 
               
              
                | Light Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Full sun. | 
               
              
                | Flower Color: | 
               
              
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                 Greenish. | 
               
              
                | Flower Characteristics: | 
               
              
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                 Inconspicuous. | 
               
              
                | Flowering Season: | 
               
              
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                 Fall. | 
               
              
                | Fruit: | 
               
              
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                 A pair of inconspicuous carpels pendent from a supporting axis. | 
               
              
                | Wildlife and Ecology: | 
               
              
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                 Attracts native bees and other beneficial insects. | 
               
                     
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                    George D. Gann In habitat, Jonathan Dickinson State Park, 2014
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