Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Eryngium foetidum
culantrillo de monte, culantro tropical, spiritweed, false coriander, long coriander
Plants 8–40 cm high from a basal rosette. Taproot fusiform with fibrous roots. Stem green. Basal leaves numerous; petiole short or obsolete.Flower heads cylindrical. Petals white or pale yellow. Styles erect, ca. 1.1 mm, exceeding calyx teeth. Fruit ovoid-globose, 1.1–1.3 mm, covered with tubercles (WFO, 2022).
It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for food (POWO, 2022).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Eryngium
Species
foetidum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Eryngium antihystericum Rottb.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Its native range is Mexico to Tropical America (POWO, 2022).
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Eryngium foetidum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2046. Accessed 3 April 2026.