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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus serpentaria
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Pursh (1814) capitalized the epithet (in Prenanthes), indicating that he regarded the epithet as a noun in apposition, not an adjective; the correct spelling of the epithet in Nabalus is therefore "serpentaria". Read more in Weakley's Flora (2022).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes serpentaria
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus serpentarius
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Prenanthes serpentaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prenanthes serpentaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-006:
Prenanthes serpentaria FAMILY Asteraceae_
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus integrifolius
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus serpentarius
COMMON NAME:
Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth
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JK Marlow jkm130922_435
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Principal (inner) involucral bracts much longer than smaller (outer) ones, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm180925_4989
September Greenville County SC
Inner bracts minutely bristly, outer narrowly lanceolate. Rays yellow-white, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_serpentaria_1987
September Catawba County NC
Involucre has 8 principal bracts w a few long coarse hairs, oft black-dotted, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Rattlesnake-root
JK Marlow jkm061105_039
November Oconee County SC
Principal leaves usually evidently lobed, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm061105_055
November Oconee County SC
Many of the inflorescence branches well-developed, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus serpentaria
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes serpentaria
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus serpentarius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Prenanthes serpentaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prenanthes serpentaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-006:
Prenanthes serpentaria
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus integrifolius
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus serpentarius
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