Field eryngo
Spiny plant of dry pastures flowering in midsummer when other sources have dried up; keeps producing nectar even in drought, sustaining bees.
- Nectar
- Good
- Pollen
- Medium
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0,2-0,6 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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Field eryngo is a grey-green, spiny plant with a deep taproot that grows on dry, calcareous pastures, fallow fields and roadsides. Thanks to its deep roots it keeps secreting nectar even in summer drought, so in July-August, when grasslands dry out, it can be one of the main plants visited by bees. Nectar is easy to reach in its round heads of small whitish flowers.
Flowering
It stays in flower from June to September, most profusely in July-August.
Honey and pollen
Monofloral honey is not common; it contributes to the mixed summer honeys of dry regions.
Note for the beekeeper
On the pastures of Central Anatolia and Thrace it eases the summer dearth; it plays a role in maintaining colonies and keeping brood rearing going. It is abundant along unploughed pasture edges; protecting these areas matters for late-summer forage.