stamp in Belgium, and the 25-pfennig stamp in Germany The plant has also been mentioned in various plays and poems, most notably in the Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare and in the Italian Journey by Goethe. They are named in a speech by Falstaff: Sea holly was nominated the 2002 County flower for the city of Liverpool. Asteroid 199194 Calcatreppola was named after this plant. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (). Gallery References External links Plants for a Future—PFAF Plant Database: Eryngium maritimum (Sea Holly) Schutzstation-wattenmeer.de: Further information and images— Linnaeus.nrm.se; Den virtuelle floran: Distribution map maritimum Flora of Europe Flora of Lebanon Flora of Ukraine Medicinal plants of Europe Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus