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Button Eryngo (Eryngium yuccifolium) |
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Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master is aquatic, not terrestrial, the venation curves outward toward the leaf margin, and the flower head bracts are divvided into three parts. Button Eryngo (Eryngium yuccifolium) Identification: A strange umbellifer. Flowers white or tinged with purple, but commonly concealed by green bracts and arranged in a tight, round ball. Bracts at base of ball single, undivided. Leaves elongate, grasslike with parallel venation. Outer margin of leaf with thin spines or free fibers. Plant 1.5 to 4 feet in height. Distribution: Northern United States and southward throughout most of the eastern United States, and westward to Nebraska and Texas. Habitat: Button Eryngo is found in prairies, other forms of grasslands, and thickets. Flowering period: July to September.
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Button Eryngo (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Similar Species: Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
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