PLANTS Profile for Helianthemum bicknellii (hoary frostweed)

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Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald
hoary frostweed

Symbol:

HEBI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cistaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald

Crocanthemum majus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 540. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald

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Synonyms:
Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald

	CRBI6	Crocanthemum bicknellii (Fernald) Barnhart
	CRMA17	Crocanthemum majus sensu Britton

Distribution:
Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald


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USA (AR, CO, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY), CAN (MB, ON)

Related Taxa:
Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald

View 6 genera in Cistaceae, 15 species in Helianthemum

Classification:
Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cistaceae – Rock-rose family
Genus	Helianthemum Mill. – frostweed
Species	Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald – hoary frostweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald

This plant is 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.

Kentucky:
plains frostweed		Threatened
Maryland:
hoary frostweed		Endangered
Ohio:
plains frostweed		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Bicknell's hoary rockrose		Endangered
Tennessee:
plains frostweed		Possibly Extirpated, Endangered
Vermont:
plains frostweed		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22259.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/20/2008 10:52 PM MDT