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Rattlesnake-master

Eryngium yuccifolium

51
Strong

Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
4–6 feet
Spread
3–6 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Somewhat dry to moist

Space about 4.5 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 5 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
Summer

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 62 Florida counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 104 animals.

All wildlife of Florida

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

5CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Eryngium

  • Papilio polyxenesBlack Swallowtail, Celery Caterpillar, Fennel Worm, Desert Black Swallowtail, Parsnip Swallowtail
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Spoladea recurvalisHawaiian Beet Webworm
  • Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
  • Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
46BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Eryngium

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Beetles 4
  • Centrinus scutellum album
  • Cryptocephalus insertus
  • Nemognatha vittigera
  • Trichius piger

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Flies 35
  • Alophora fumosa
  • Anthrax fulvohirta
  • Archytas analis
  • Belvosia bifasciata
  • Cistogaster occidua
  • Conops xanthopareus
  • Eristalis latifrons
  • Eristalis tenax
  • Exoprosopa decora
  • Exoprosopa fasciata
Show all 35
  • Exoprosopa fascipennis
  • Geron rufipes
  • Gymnosoma fuliginosa
  • Leskia analis
  • Milesia ornata
  • Nemotelus glaber
  • Odontomyia cincta
  • Orthoneura nitida
  • Phorantha asteris
  • Phorantha humeralis
  • Phorantha magna
  • Phorantha pruinosa
  • Physocephala tibialis
  • Protocalliphora splendida
  • Sarcophaga assidua
  • Scepsis fulvicollis
  • Senotainia trilineata
  • Spallanzania hesperidarum
  • Sphaerophoria cylindrica
  • Systoechus vulgaris
  • Trichophora ruficauda
  • Trichopoda pennipes
  • Zodion fulvifrons
  • Zodion nanellum
  • Zodion obliquefasciatum

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 8
  • Acontia candefacta
  • Anosia plexippus
  • Cercyonis alope
  • Limochores taumas
  • Pholisora catullus
  • Phyciodes tharos
  • Pontia protodice
  • Speyeria idalia

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 33
  • Ammobia ichneumonea
  • Ammobia nuda
  • Ammobia pennsylvanica
  • Astatus unicolor
  • Bembix nubillipennis
  • Bembix spinolae
  • Bicyrtes 4-fasciata
  • Bicyrtes ventralis
  • Cerceris fumipennis
  • Cerceris prominens
Show all 33
  • Cerceris raui
  • Eucerceris zonatus
  • Eumenes fraternus
  • Isodontia apicalis
  • Leionotus arvensis
  • Leionotus dorsalis
  • Leionotus vagus
  • Monobia 4-dens
  • Oxybelus 4-notatus
  • Philanthus punctatus
  • Philanthus ventilabris
  • Poecilopompilus navus
  • Polistes variatus
  • Pompiloides americanus
  • Priononyx atrata
  • Priononyx thomae
  • Scolia nobilitata
  • Sphex gracilis
  • Sphex nigricans
  • Sphex vulgaris
  • Stizus unicinctus
  • Tachysphex belfragei
  • Tachytes distinctus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other insects 1
  • Lygaeus turcicus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Apiaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3a–8b
Soil pH
Acidic to alkaline
Flower color
Blue, green or white

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Button Eryngo; Rattlesnake Master

Conservation status

Florida rankSNR
Global rankG5
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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