By Emily Hagen Inter Teacher/Naturalist Rattlesnake Master is native to southern Minnesota but ranges all the way down to Texas. The plant can be identified by looking for its yucca-like (root vegetables) leaves. This means they are long, slender, and look a little pokey. Not many people know that Rattlesnake Master is a part of the carrot family though! If you were to break a leaf, you would get the same smell and oils as parsley, carrots, and parsnip.