PLANTS Profile for Amphiachyris dracunculoides (prairie broomweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.
prairie broomweed

Symbol:

AMDR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.

	BRDR	Brachyris dracunculoides DC.
	GUDR2	Gutierrezia dracunculoides (DC.) S.F. Blake
	XADR	Xanthocephalum dracunculoides (DC.) Shinners

Distribution:
Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.


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USA (AL, AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 2 species in Amphiachyris

Classification:
Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Amphiachyris (A. DC.) Nutt. – broomweed
Species	Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt. – prairie broomweed

U.S. Weed Information:
Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.

Gutierrezia dracunculoides
prairie broomweed

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

More Accounts and Images:
Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36525.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.

IL-Weeds of the North Central States

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 04:48 PM MDT