Quercus

Rattlesnake-master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Native to South Carolina (estimated)

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

6CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

Genus host records with ranges including SC · 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
  • Paralobesia rhoifructana
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

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; Rattlesnake master

Conservation status

South Carolina rankNot available
Global rankG5
SC statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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