WorldFloraDB - Eryngium yuccifolium

Characteristics

Coarse, erect perennial to 1 m or more from fascicled roots, usually simple to the infl; lvs linear, much elongate, parallel-veined, entire or remotely spinulose, the lower to 8 dm × 2 cm, the upper gradually reduced; heads round-ovoid, 1–2 cm long and thick; bracts lance-ovate, entire or nearly so, cuspidate, rarely projecting from beneath the head; bractlets similar but smaller; 2n=96. Moist or dry sandy soil, open woods, and prairies; s. U.S., n. to Va., Ind., Minn., and Kans., and occasionally adventive farther north. July, Aug. (E. aquaticum, misapplied)

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.3 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

1.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

0.4

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Dry to moist open woods, thickets and prairies.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Ceremonial Medicine (fruit), Ceremonial Medicine (leaf), Antidiarrheal (leaf), Hemostat (leaf), Analgesic (root), Blood Medicine (root), Kidney Aid (root), Panacea (root), Snake Bite Remedy (root), Venereal Aid (root), Antidote (root), Urinary Aid (root), Pulmonary Aid (unspecified), Snake Bite Remedy (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Antirheumatic (Internal) (unspecified), Blood Medicine (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Gastrointestinal Aid (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Myalgia (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Sialogogue (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Respiratory (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	5 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-18
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-