1. Coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
   "Native Americans traditionally used button snakeroot for treating snake bites";
   - rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master, Eryngium yuccifolium
    
2. Coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master
   "Button snakeroot grows abundantly in sandy coastal areas";
   - Eryngium aquaticum
    
3. Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
   "button snakeroot's purple spikes stood out among the prairie grasses";
   - blazing star, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot

Derived forms: button snakeroots

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, perennial, wild flower, wildflower

Part of: Eryngium, genus Eryngium, genus Liatris, Liatris