Rattlesnake-Master

Eryngium yuccifolium Apiaceae

Other names

Button Snake-Root

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Native distribution

Not Native to the Finger Lakes Region, CT to FL West to MN, KS and TX

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Palmer-Kinne Dogwood Collection

Source of plant

Jelitto Perennial Seeds, Avant Gardens, Prairie Moon Nursery, Sunny Border Nurseries, Companion Plants

Description

Long, rather limp, blue-gray, spiny-margined leaves form rosettes 3' tall and 2' wide; flower heads aresparse but attractive, borne atop 4' tall stems in late summer; foliage is evergreen.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

notable texture, bee plant