Rattlesnake Master

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Title

Rattlesnake Master

Button Snake-Root

Subject

Eryngium yuccifolium

Description

Plant Size: 3-5 ft tall x 1 ft wide

Habitat: Sandy, well-drained, slightly acidic soils like pinewoods, bogs, swamps, prairies, and ditches.

Medicinal Uses: Used by Native Americans for blood disorders, as a diuretic, in treatment of snakebite, and as an ingredient for fever treatments.

Medicinal Preparation: Root Concoctions and Tinctures

Contraindications: Resembles plants that are considered mildly to extremely toxic; make sure of species before touching it.

Creator

Karen Greene

Source

Florida Native Plant Society database entry for Eryngium yuccifolium

Atlas of Florida Plants database entry for Eryngium yuccifolium

Allen et al, 2003

Contributor

Karen Greene

Identifier

RIFeybsr

Coverage

Throughout the state