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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus cylindricus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Differs from N. roanensis in its glabrate stems and leaves at least 3-5 lobed. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Additional characters (other than those explicitly used in the key) useful in separating Nabalus roanensis (in the broad sense, including N. cylindricus) from Nabalus altissimus are: phyllary tips usually black (vs. usually green), flowers 5-8 per head (vs. 4-6), and inflorescence usually narrow and thyrsoid (vs. usually conspicuously branched), per Weakley's Flora (2023).
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes roanensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus roanensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Prenanthes roanensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prenanthes roanensis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-004?:
Prenanthes roanensis FAMILY Asteraceae_
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prenanthes cylindrica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus cylindricus
COMMON NAME:
Cylindrical Rattlesnake-root, Appalachian Rattlesnake-root
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus cylindricus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes roanensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus roanensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Prenanthes roanensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prenanthes roanensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-004?:
Prenanthes roanensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prenanthes cylindrica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus cylindricus
4467
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mountain forests, grassy balds, at moderate to high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, reduced upward
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellowish-white
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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