Eryngium yuccifolium

Also Known As

Eryngium yuccafolium

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 2'-5'
W: 3'

planting zones

5a-9b

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Eryngium yuccifolium plant details

Eryngium yuccifolium is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with blue and green foliage. In summer white flowers emerge. Features glaucous texture. Attracts bees and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun and occasional - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Eryngium yuccifolium

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: apiaceae
Foliage: deciduous blue and green
Mature size: 3 FT wide, 2 FT - 5 FT - tall
Flowers: white blooms in summer
Uses: cutting garden, dried-arrangements, easy-to-grow, rock garden, xeric

GROWING CONDITIONS for Eryngium yuccifolium

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: occasional - low
Resistant to: heat
Soil needs: average and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Once used medicinally to treat rattlesnake bites! This wildflower of prairie and woodland's edge has silvery, holly-edged, Yucca-like basal leaves and 3' stem topped with an abundance of white ball-flowers. This intriguing U.S. native tolerates drought, clay and shallow soils. It is a member of the parsley family, but parsley-looking it is not! S/M-D/GDr

By: Forestfarm

Eryngium yuccifolium was much admired in our old succulent bed. This species from the eastern US has greyish green, yucca-like foliage (hence the species name) and slender three foot stems holding egg-shaped clusters of white flowers. This peculiar genus from the carrot family is found around the world but with its centre of diversity in South America. There are also a number of European species.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

A tall grass prairie native, rattlesnake master once was used to make rattles by Native Americans. Bone-white flower clusters resemble small thistles and contrast with grasses and purple tones such as Penstemon 'Dark Towers'. Easy to grow in regular to dry sandy soils, its taproot indicates it should not be disturbed.

By: Select Seeds

Smelling like a carrot, looking a bit like a Yucca and once used by pioneers and Native Americans as an antidote to rattlesnake venom, this American tall grass prairie dweller brandishes bold bluish green lax rosettes. Characterized by parallel veins, bristly edges and a glaucous finish, the 3 ft. long sword-shaped leaves launch an architectural wonder of tightset thistle-style greenish white spheres and pointed ivory bracts housed within branched clusters on smooth stiff stems. A low maintenance perennial that provides fantastic winter interest, Rattlesnake Master obliges dry rocky soil and can be planted amid softer textured grasses such as Eragrostis chloromelas or Pennisetum spathiolatum.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) is a unique wildflower with leaves like a yucca, and unique 'golf ball' flowers like no other plant. Makes an excellent focal point in the garden when planted individually or in groups. Native Americans brewed a tea from the root as an antidote to rattlesnake venom. Other common names include Button Snakeroot, Yucca-leaf Eryngo, Corn Snakeroot, Rattlesnake Flag, and Rattlesnake Weed. Hardy to Zones 4 - 9.

By: Prairie Nursery

Very different look than most of this genus, leaves are indeed very yucca-like, long, narrow, and strap-like, edged with small, non-lethal, teeth. Leaves rise 2-3 feet, and then in late summer, the flowers come up a couple feet above that, big clusters of greenish-white spheres that all but lack the usual Ernygium bracts.Will grow just about anywhere, but inclined to be floppy unless grown lean and in full sun. Zone 3

By: Arrowhead Alpines

The rounded white to greenish-white, rounded, flower clusters sit atop thick sturdy stems that emerge from the rosette of soft yucca-like foliage. This is a tough native perennial whose long-lasting summer flowers will attract a myriad of butterflies and other pollinators to your garden. A Missouri Botanic Gardens 'Plant of Merit'.

By: Almost Eden

An excellent low maintenance plant, this Eryngium indeed resembles a yucca plant's foliage. In mid summer it sends up 3-4' flower spikes topped with pale green thistles, adding texture and contrast to naturalistic plantings.