Eryngium campestre
speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Eryngium campestre's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility273 569 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics22 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Eryngium campestre - MHNT Eryngium campestre, known as field eryngo, or Watling Street thistle, is a species of Eryngium, which is used medicinally. A member of the family Apiaceae, eryngo is a hairless, thorny perennial plant. 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.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology11
Life cycle & reproduction13
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry6
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Eryngium campestre across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds42 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2R)-2-[(Z,1R)-1,6-dihydroxy-4-methylhex-4-enyl]-6-[(Z)-5-hydroxy-4-methylpent-3-enyl]-2-methyl-3,4-dihydrooxepin-7-one | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,7R,8S,8aR,9R,10R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-10-acetyloxy-7,8-dihydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-9-(3-methylbut-2-enoyloxy)-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,7R,8S,8aR,9R,10R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-10-acetyloxy-7,8-dihydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-9-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2R,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,7R,8S,8aR,9R,10R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-10-acetyloxy-7,8-dihydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-9-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,7R,8S,8aR,9R,10R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-7,8,10-trihydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-9-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2R,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,7R,8S,8aR,9R,10R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-7,8,10-trihydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-9-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,7R,8S,8aR,9R,10R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-7,8,10-trihydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-9-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-4-hydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,7R,8S,8aR,9R,10R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-8-acetyloxy-7,10-dihydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-9-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2R,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,7R,8S,8aR,9R,10R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-8a-(acetyloxymethyl)-7,8,10-trihydroxy-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-9-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,7R,8S,8aR,9R,12aS,14aR,14bR)-10-acetyloxy-7,8-dihydroxy-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-9-(3-methylbut-2-enoyloxy)-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2R,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Eryngium campestre has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Eryngium campestre carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 2828×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · iber-fl +5
2n 1422×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea · CCDB · poland +6
n 143×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015 · CCDB · iapt
n 72×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
tetraploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type273 569 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions46 of 114 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 260 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 140 |
| Berlin, DE | 113 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 89 |
| LDlocation not on record | 83 |
| MAlocation not on record | 81 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 79 |
| Lausanne, CH | 75 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 73 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 65 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 61 |
| Barcelona, ES | 40 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 39 |
| Brussel, BE | 36 |
| Görlitz, DE | 34 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 32 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 30 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 29 |
| Madrid, ES | 28 |
| BClocation not on record | 28 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 28 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 25 |
| València, ES | 24 |
| Córdoba, ES | 22 |
| Granada, ES | 20 |
| Vitoria, ES | 20 |
| Bern, CH | 19 |
| Salamanca, ES | 19 |
| Pamplona, ES | 17 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 16 |
| Wlocation not on record | 15 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 14 |
| Badajoz, ES | 12 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 10 |
| Alicante, ES | 10 |
| Adelaide, AU | 9 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 9 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 9 |
| Sevilla, ES | 9 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 9 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 7 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 7 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 6 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 6 |
| Salzburg, AT | 6 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 6 |
| EEZA-CSIClocation not on record | 6 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 5 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 5 |
| STUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Tilburg, NL | 5 |
| Pamplona, ES | 5 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 4 |
| Saint Louis, US | 4 |
| Davis, US | 4 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 4 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 4 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 4 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 4 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 4 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Palacký University in Olomouclocation not on record | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 3 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 2 |
| ESP109location not on record | 2 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| Dresden, DE | 2 |
| Bourges, FR | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Universite de Montpellierlocation not on record | 2 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 2 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Canberra, AU | 2 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 2 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Juiz de Foralocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| Gijón, ES | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| IPSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| RJBJCIlocation not on record | 1 |
| ESP003location not on record | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Eryngium campestre was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.