''Eryngium baldwinii'' is a biennial aromatic herb in the ''

Eryngium ''Eryngium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. There are about 250 species.Wang, P., et al. (2012)Phytochemical constituents and pharmacological activities of ''Eryngium'' L. (Apiaceae). ''Pharmaceutical Crops'' 3 99-120. The ...

'' genus. Its common name is Baldwin's eryngo. It can grow to become a spread out groundcover with hazy appearing light blue flowers. It is named for Willliam Baldwin. Ethnobotanist Dan Austin reports that it was used as breath freshener with aphrodisiac qualities and in an edible form was known as “kissing comfits". It is in the

Apiaceae Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants ...

family along with parsley, celery, and carrot. Several other species of Eryngium are related. It prefers lots of sun and moist to wet soil. It grows in much of Florida and parts of Georgia.

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