Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Nabalus trifoliolatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Nabalus trifoliolatus
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
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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
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JK Marlow jkm060903_104
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s060903_r
September Greenville County SC
Leaves lobed or dissected below, much reduced upward and less cut or lobed, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm0510d_30
October Greenville County SC
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.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Rattlesnake-root
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JK Marlow jkm0510d_31
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s051029_b
October Greenville County SC
Leaves very variable in shape and size, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Tim Spira tpsptrifoliata
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Nabalus trifoliolatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes trifoliolata
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Nabalus trifoliolatus
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
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 p154
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p384
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p186
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p134
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p318
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p173