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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus barbatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes barbata
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus barbatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Prenanthes barbata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus integrifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Prenanthes serpentaria var. barbata
COMMON NAME:
Barbed Rattlesnake-root, Flatwoods Rattlesnake-root, Prairie Lion’s-foot
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_barbata_141
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_prenanthes_barbata_3
July
Phyllaries densely setose [covered with bristles], per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Rattlesnake-root
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus barbatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes barbata
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus barbatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Prenanthes barbata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus integrifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Prenanthes serpentaria var. barbata
3754
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: limestone glades, calcareous barrens, and calcareous oak flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, reduced upward
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p287
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p368
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