Formerly common around the British coast, now rare in Scotland and apparently extinct on the east coast, becoming more local elsewhere. A...Read Morelso found on the coasts of Europe, N. Africa and S.W. Asia.
It is a member of the Carrot family (formerly Umbelliferae), but the flowers are collected into a dense, rounded inflorescence rather than the flat-topped umbels of the family.
Very prickly! Prone to rot, make sure it has good drainage. Simple flowers in inflorescences, bluish, with bracts to longer than them.
Formerly common around the British coast, now rare in Scotland and apparently extinct on the east coast, becoming more local elsewhere. A...Read More