Marsh Rattlesnake Master

Eryngium aquaticum

Size: 1 Gallon Availability

Flower
Max size: 5’ tall x 1′ wide
Average Size: 4′ tall x 1′ wide

Very Moist, Usually Moist
Loam, Muck, Sand
Sun, Part Shade
No Salt Tolerance

AKA: Bitter Snakeroot, Eryngo

This summer blooming specimen flower has white and pink round and spikey flowers. It attracts many kinds of insects, especially native bees, and is the larval host for black swallowtail butterflies. It grows well in rain gardens that have difficult soil, but doesn’t tolerate drought well. It does well as a cut flower.

The Yuchi tribe still uses it for the medicinal tea in their Green Corn Ceremony. It’s also a popular remedy plant for the Alabama, Cherokee, Delaware, and Koasati. They used it as an infusion as an emetic.