Eryngium ombrophilum is a plant species native to Brazil, the type specimen collected there from the State of Paraná.F orzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Zuloaga, F. O., O. N. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 3 Vols., 3348 p.
Eryngium ombrophilum is a perennial semelparous herb. Leaves are thin but firm and rigid. Prophylls 5, lanceolate, the margins spiny and bristly, about 1 cm (0.3 inches) long. Flower head ovoid to cylindrical, 15 mm (0.6 inches) long and 6 mm (0.24 inches) in diameter. Flowers yellow-green.Dusén, Per Karl Hjalmar, & Wolff, Karl Friedrich August Hermann. 1911. Arkiv för Botanik utgivet av K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 10(5): 2, pl. 1.
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