Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium

ClassificationDicots
FamilyApiaceae
Family (Traditional)Apiaceae
GenusEryngium
Species: Eryngium yuccifolium
Infraspecies:Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. var. yuccifolium
Common NameButton Eryngo
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Type: sword-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 0; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Fusion: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 4
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5T5 (Global Rank)

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

No specimens exist for this species.

Plant Photos

Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Ashley B. Morris
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Ashley B. Morris
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Ashley B. Morris
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Ashley B. Morris
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Dwayne Estes
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Dwayne Estes
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Milo Pyne
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Milo Pyne
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Milo Pyne
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Milo Pyne
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Sunny Fleming
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Sunny Fleming
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Tara Littlefield
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Tara Littlefield
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Theo Witsell
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Theo Witsell
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Theo Witsell
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Theo Witsell
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Theo Witsell
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Theo Witsell
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium - Joey Shaw