Index- plants in this Family
Apiaceae / Carota Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Rattlesnake Master is also known as Button Snakeroot and officially as Button Eryngo. ...
Rattlesnake Master, Button Snakeroot, Sea Holly
Their tall, striking foliage and thistlelike clusters of flowers make them a favorite border or rock garden plant. Many are drought-tolerant.
Rattlesnake Master
A unique and eye-catching plant for a dry, sunny site. Slightly spiny leaves are arranged in a rosette that resembles Yucca. Flower stems shoot skyward in summer and are topped with thistle-like bluish silver flowers.
Button Snakeroot, Rattlesnake master, Snakeroot,Button
Species:
Eryngium yuccifolium ...
James Adair, an 18th-century Indian trader, was one of the first to document medicinal uses of Rattlesnake Master. He recounted tales in which Indians chewed the root, blew it on their hands, and then handled rattlesnakes without any damage.
---Other Species---Several varieties of Liatris are largely used in Southern United States to flavour tobacco, and are said to keep moths away from clothing. All varieties are active diuretics, and L. squarrosa (syn. 'Rattlesnake Master') has been ...
Marsh Rattlesnake Master [English]: Eryngium aquaticum
Marsh Root [English]: Limonium carolinianum
Marsh Rose Gentian [English]: Sabatia dodecandra
Marsh Rose Gentian [English]: Sabatia dodecandra var. foliosa ...
 See also: Rattlesnake, Eryngium, Yucca, Green, Snakeroot
  
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