Eryngium campestre

Eryngium campestre, known as field eryngo, is a species of Eryngium, which is used medicinally. A member of the family Apiaceae, eryngo is a hairless, thorny perennial. The leaves are tough and stiff, whitish-green. The basal leaves are long-stalked, pinnate and spiny.The leaves of this plant are mined by the gall fly, Euleia heraclei.