Description
Homegrown and cared for by our TCMGA Demonstration Garden Greenhouse Master Gardener volunteers.
Picture and description may vary from plants purchased. Some plants donated from Master Gardeners may have unknown variety and/or color of plant.
TEXAS Native Plant
Common Name: Rattlesnake Master, Eryngo, Button Snakeroot, Beargrass, Bear’s Grass
Type: Broadleaf evergreen, Wildflower
Family: Apiaceae (Carrot Family)
Zone: 4 to 9
Height: 3.00 to 6.00 feet
Spread: 1.50 to 2.00 feet
Bloom Time: July to September
Bloom Description: Greenish-white flowers cluster into unique globular heads
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium, well-drained soil
Maintenance: Low
Flower: Smooth, rigid stem bearing thistle-like flower heads made up of small greenish-white florets mingled with pointed bracts. The individual, greenish-white flowers cluster into unique, globular heads. These occur on branch ends atop the 6 ft. plant.
Leaf: Tough, blue-green, yucca-like, parallel-veined leaves
Attracts: Butterflies, Bees, Host for Swallowtail Butterflies
Tolerate: Rabbit and Deer resistant, Aggressive re-seeder
