Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
other common names: button snakeroot, yucca-leaf eryngo, corn snakeroot, water-eryngo, rattlesnake flag, rattlesnake weed
Eryngium: from the Greek for “a prickly plant,” referring to the apparent prickle-like leaves of this plant (although they are neither prickly nor sharp)
Yuccifolium: from the Greek for “yucca leaves,” referring to the yuccalike appearance of the leaves
Parsley family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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