Pollinator plant

agave-leaved sea holly

Eryngium agavifolium

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Common names

4 names · 4 languages
EnglishYour language
Other languages (3)
Dutch
  • Krabbescheerkruisdistel
French
  • Panicaut à feuilles d’agave[4]
Estonian
  • agaavilehine ogaputk[3]
Sources & name notes (4)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Eryngium agavifolium — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • agave-leaved sea holly — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 545951; Eryngium agavifolium.
[2] Eryngium agavifolium — GBIF vernacular names (Catalogue of Life) ↗

GBIF aggregation of Catalogue of Life. The original upstream source was not independently inspected; this is a sourced vernacular-name attestation, not a botanical determination.

Source records
  • agave-leaved sea holly — results[2] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/3633831/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 3633831; sourceTaxonKey 295879451; Eryngium agavifolium.
[3] Eryngium agavifolium — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • agave-leaved sea holly — results[17].names[2]; taxon id 545951; Eryngium agavifolium.
  • agaavilehine ogaputk — results[17].names[1]; taxon id 545951; Eryngium agavifolium.
[4] Eryngium agavifolium — GBIF vernacular names (TAXREF) ↗

GBIF aggregation of TAXREF. The original upstream source was not independently inspected; this is a sourced vernacular-name attestation, not a botanical determination.

Source records
  • Panicaut à feuilles d’agave — results[0] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/3633831/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 3633831; sourceTaxonKey 221987790; Eryngium agavifolium.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Eryngium agavifolium is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1]
Botanical family
Apiaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Eryngium species in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

Genus-level guidance, not a rating for this individual species or a particular cultivar. RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.

Sources [2]
Native range
NC. Argentina.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [3]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Low suitability
Nectar value Low
Pollen value Unknown
Plant profile

About this plant

agave-leaved sea holly (Eryngium agavifolium) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from June to August.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Eryngium agavifolium — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 2133646; ID 6GQJN; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 2133646; ID 6GQJN; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Garden Plants

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 3, column 2, entry Eryngium species (top 547 pt)

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  3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Eryngium agavifolium — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 795160; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1372352, 1372353

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.