Date: 6/28/2010. Location: Herbert Hoover NHS (map)
| Classification Hierarchy | |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheophyta |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass | Rosidae |
| Order | Apiales |
| Family | Apiaceae |
| Genus | Eryngium |
| Species | Eryngium yuccifolium |
Date: 6/28/2010. Location: Herbert Hoover NHS (map)
Scientific Name: Eryngium yuccifolium (Eryngium - classical name for a prickly plant; yuccifolium - leaves like the Yucca plant)
Common Name: Rattlesnake master. The common name derives from an old belief that the plant was useful against rattlesnake bites.
Origin: Native
Notes: The plant is found in prairies, thickets, and open woods. Although this plant is a dicot, it is unusual because its leaves are parallel veined which is typically a monocot trait.
Additional references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Flowers: June; florets white, 5 petaled; inflorescence, a cyme of globose heads with bracts below the heads and bracteoles below the florets.
Leaves: lower leaves with parallel veination, broadly linear, margins weakly spinescent.
Glossaries of botanical terms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
