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Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium aquaticum) |
Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition. |
Eryngium yuccifolium This species is terrestrial, the leaf venation is parallel, and the flowerhead bracts are single, not divided. Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium aquaticum) Identification: A most misleading 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 divided into three lobes, each with a spine. A whorl of spiny bracts present at the base of the stem connecting a group of flower heads. Leaves elongate, grasslike with veins slanting toward the margin. Plant 1.5 to 4 feet in height. Distribution: A southern species occurring from southern New Jersey and southward, primarily along the Atlantic coast, and west to Mississippi. Habitat: Rattlesnake Master is an aquatic plant found in marshes and bogs. Flowering period: July to September.
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Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium aquaticum)
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