It’s easy to plant rattlesnake master by seed if you are patient: plants started from seed may not flower until the second or third year. Read on to find out how to plant rattlesnake masters. If you live in the eastern or midwestern US, plant some in your sunny garden ASAP. Rattlesnake master has such a great story and it looks incredible year-round. But it’s not part of the yucca family-it’s actually related to carrots! Rubbing a leaf between your fingers will release its carroty smell, and its long taproot looks very carrot-like. Rattlesnake master’s Latin name (Eryngium yuccifolium) includes “yucca”-which comes from its cactus-like looks. It will however make your garden look bad ass. To say it plainly: although its name says otherwise, rattlesnake master does not help or prevent snakebite or any other medical condition. Native Americans would use the fibrous leaves of this perennial plant for weaving purposes, like making sandals and baskets.” There is no evidence for the efficacy of this plant in prevention or treatment of any medical condition. The bristly flower heads are arranged like a pitchfork, suggesting a possible use as a snake stick to pin down the head of a rattlesnake. “The best documented use, made by John Adair during the 1700s, describes the use of the plant’s sap as a preventative to snakebite, used during ceremonial handling of rattlesnakes…The Mesquakies used it in their ceremonial rattlesnake dance and used the roots to treat rattlesnake bites.
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