 Best Sellers Button Eryngo, Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium Detailed Listing For Botanical Name: Eryngium yuccifolium Common Name: Button Eryngo, Rattlesnake Master Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 71 Germination Test Type:  Actual Collection Locale: Missouri
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4 In Stock: 1.32 lb Prices Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are: 1 packet (~ 71 seeds) $4.95 10 gram (~ 3229 seeds) $12.50 1 oz (~ 9153 seeds) $17.95 1 lb (~ 146451 seeds) $149.50 | | | Growing Info, follow in order: Scarification: none required. Stratification: A short stratification of 6 weeks at 4°c can improve the germination of stored seed. Germination: sow seed 1/8" deep , tamp the soil, keep moist, mulch the seed bed, , can be sown outdoors in the fall for spring germination. | In a Nutshell: * Eryngium yuccifolium (button eryngo, button snake-root, or rattlesnake master) is a herbaceous perennial plant of the parsley family native to the tallgrass prairies of central and eastern North America, from Minnesota east to Ohio and south to Texas and Florida, including a few spots in Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. * The flowers attract many insects, including short and long-tongued bees, flies, beetles, and butterflies. * The leaves are stiff, long and narrow with a sharp tip, 15–100 cm (0–5 ft) long but only 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) broad. They are bluish-green, and covered in a waxy coating. On the edges are regularly spaced bristles or spines. * The common name comes from the fact that some Native Americans used its root as an antidote for rattlesnake venom. The species name yuccifolium"yucca-leaved" was given because its leaves resemble those of yuccas. more... * The plant is used as an antidote to snakebites. The roots are chewed and applied as a poultice to the bite. * Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in early autumn on the surface of a well-drained compost in a cold frame. The seed can also be sown in spring. It usually germinates in 5 - 90 days at 20°c. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Division in early spring or autumn. Take care since the plant resents root disturbance. more... |
Eryngium yuccifolium ( Button snake-root , Rattlesnake Master ) is a common herbaceous perennial plant , native to the tallgrass prairies of central and eastern North America , from Minnesota east to Ohio and south to Texas and Florida . In the Chicago Region this species has a coefficient of conservatism of 9. [ 1 ] It grows to 1.8 m tall, with linear leaves 15–100 cm long but only 1–3 cm broad, with bristly or spiny margins and a sharp tip. The flowers are produced in dense apical umbels 1–3 cm diameter, each flower greenish-white or bluish-white, 3–4 mm diameter. When this plant flowers, pollen matures before stigmas become receptive to maximize outcrossing. Rattlesnake master has unusually high seed set (close to 90%). [ 2 ] Physical Characteristics  Eryngium yuccifolium is an evergreen Perennial growing to 1 m (3ft 3in) by 0.5 m (1ft 8in). It is hardy to zone 4. It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from Jul to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies, beetles.The plant is self-fertile. The plant prefers light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils, requires well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. and can grow in very alkaline soils. It cannot grow in the shade.It requires dry or moist soil.The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure. |
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