Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 140-04-003a:
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Northern Rattlesnake-master, Button Snakeroot
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JK Marlow jkm0505s_10
May Williamsburg County SC
Stiff, swordlike, spiny-margined, parallel-veined basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm0505s_11
May Williamsburg County SC
An anomaly in having elongate & parallel-veined leaves, like the monocots, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm070505_011
May Mecklenburg County NC
Charlotte Mecklenburg McDowell Piedmont Prairie Restoration
JK Marlow jkm0506j_11
June Oconee County SC
Bractlets ovate or broadly lanceolate, prominent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0307j_13
July Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
Newly-opened flowers shed pollen, later stigmas spread and become receptive, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
JK Marlow jkm0507l_21
July Oconee County SC
Tiny flowers in spherical heads almost 1" across, in wide-branching umbels, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmeyuccifolium_scotts
Month Unknown Williamsburg County SC
Bracts & bractlets lanceolate, sharp, not extending beyond flower heads, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.