Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Acorus lending credence to the supposition

lending credence to the supposition of its increased ploidy level (extra chromosomes)

adorned with 1' long x 2

pubescens and the southern Chinese Cypripedium henryi

Joann originally got the plant from Randy Plante at Greener Visions Nursery

(aka: Euphorbia amygdaloides var

Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Acorus lending credence to the supposition(aka: Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii) Eryngium ravenelii is one of those wonderful southeast natives that you wonder why everyone doesn't grow. Shared by plant prodigy Dr. Patrick McMillan, Eryngium ravenelii forms a small basal rosette of 1' long linear leaves, which, starting for us in mid August, is topped with 30" tall flowering stalks, each ending in branched antennae like clusters of 6 10 blue fuzzy, thumb sized ball like flower heads a