About Fort Ord Button-Celery (Eryngium montereyense)

Endemic to Monterey County. Split from coastal taxon; grows prostrate and found near vernal pools on Fort Ord NM. I first documented it in April 2024. California Native Plant Society, California Rare Plant Rank 1B.1: Plants Rare, Threatened, or Endangered in California and Elsewhere - Seriously threatened in California.

Links:

• linkView taxon at iNaturalist
• linkView taxon at NatureServe
• linkView taxon at GBIF
• linkView taxon at Calflora
• linkTaylor, D.W. and R.E. Preston. 2022. A new species of button-celery (Eryngium, Apiaceae) from California. Phytoneuron 2022-45: 1–8. Published 17 October 2022.