Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Prenanthes alba L.


ASTERACEAE Family selection - Aster family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Prenanthes alba L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 798. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: White rattlesnakeroot
en English name: rattlesnake-root
English name: white rattlesnake-root
French name: prenanthe blanche

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Biennial, Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Nabalus albus (L.) Hook.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Prenanthes
Species:


Page counter: 283 ( AVG: 223.2 / 292.537 )



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Prenanthes alba
Prenanthes alba
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 335.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AR, CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, QC, SK)

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Map for Prenanthes alba L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Prenanthes altissima L. [381]
2) Prenanthes altissima L. var. cinnamomea Fernald [181]
3) Prenanthes aspera Michx. [420]
4) Prenanthes crepidinea Michx. [334]
5) Prenanthes integrifolia (Cass.) Small [178]
6) Prenanthes racemosa Michx. ssp. racemosa [94]
7) Prenanthes trifoliolata (Cass.) Fernald var. nana (Bigelow) Fernald [91]
8) Primula clusiana auct. non Tausch [91]
9) Primula farinosa L. var. macropoda Fernald [149]
10) Primula sibirica Jacq. [97]

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