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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus trifoliolatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Gall-of-the-earth at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes trifoliolata
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus trifoliolatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Prenanthes trifoliolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prenanthes trifoliolata
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-002b & 003:
Prenanthes trifoliolata FAMILY Asteraceae_
INCLUDING (NOT VALIDLY PUBLISHED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Prenanthes alba ssp. pallida
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus trifoliatus
COMMON NAME:
Gall-of-the-earth, Three-leaved Rattlesnake-root
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_natr_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_n_trifoliolatus_2467
August Coos County NH
Mount Washington State Park
Involucre smooth with 7-9 principal bracts and 9-13 ray flowers per head, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Rattlesnake-root
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Keith Bradley kab_n_trifoliolatus_2475
August Coos County NH
Mount Washington State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0509j_19
September Transylvania County NC
Silver Run Preserve
)
Tim Spira tpsptrifoliata
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus trifoliolatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes trifoliolata
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus trifoliolatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Prenanthes trifoliolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prenanthes trifoliolata
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-002b & 003:
Prenanthes trifoliolata
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING (NOT VALIDLY PUBLISHED)
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Prenanthes alba ssp. pallida
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus trifoliatus
1154
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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
Rays: Yellowish-white, pale pink
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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p154
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p384
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p287
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p186
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p134
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p318
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p173
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