PLANTS Profile for Prenanthes serpentaria (cankerweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh
cankerweed

Symbol:

PRSE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh

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Synonyms:
Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh

	NAIN4	Nabalus integrifolius Cass.
	NASE3	Nabalus serpentarius (Pursh) Hook.
	PRIN7	Prenanthes integrifolia (Cass.) Small

Distribution:
Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, MA, MD, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV)

Related Taxa:
Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 15 species in Prenanthes

Classification:
Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh

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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	Prenanthes L. – rattlesnakeroot
Species	Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh – cankerweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Massachusetts:
Nabalus serpentarius
lion's foot		Endangered
Rhode Island:
lion's-foot		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38286.

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.

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 11:38 PM MDT