Taxon

Eryngium yuccifolium

 
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Eryngium yuccifolium - rattlesnake-master, button-snakeroot, button eryngo
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Common name: rattlesnake-master, button-snakeroot, button eryngo
Family: Apiaceae (parsely, carrot family)
Distribution: e. United States
Regional red list: Ohio Potentially Threatened Species
Life form: Herbaceous perennial
Comments: This native plant occurs in rocky woods, prairies and glades throughout the state and is a common plant of tallgrass prairies. Features basal rosettes in the first year of bristly-edged, sword-shaped, medium green leaves resembling those of yucca and tiny, stemless, greenish-white flowers tightly packed into globular, 1" diameter heads resembling thistles. Flower heads appear in branched clusters at the top of smooth stiff stems typically rising to 3-4' tall from the centers of the rosettes.
Links: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • Ohio Division of Natural Area & Preserves: Rare Plants of Ohio • The Plant List • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture

Locations

  • 1: VC025 • Accession: D2015-0895 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: Visitor Center (VCA) (VCA) • Accession: D2022-0077 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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