button snakeroot

1. Coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite (synset 112959427)
   is a type of: perennial - (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
   belongs to: eryngium, genus eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution
   same as: eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master
2. Coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots;
   Southeastern United States;
   Often confused with rattlesnake master (synset 112959205)
   is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
   belongs to: eryngium, genus eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution
   same as: eryngium aquaticum
3. Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads (synset 112011732)
   is a type of: wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant
   subtypes:

   • dotted gayfeather, liatris punctata - herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
   • dense blazing star, liatris pycnostachya - perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
   belongs to: genus liatris, liatris - genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots
   same as: blazing star, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakeroot

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