PLANTS Profile for Trollius laxus (American globeflower)

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PLANTS Profile

Trollius laxus Salisb.
American globeflower

Symbol:

TRLA14

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Trollius laxus Salisb.

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Distribution:
Trollius laxus Salisb.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CO, CT, ID, MT, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Trollius laxus Salisb.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 3 species in Trollius or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus
American globeflower

Trollius laxus ssp. laxus
American globeflower

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Trollius laxus Salisb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Trollius L. – globeflower
Species	Trollius laxus Salisb. – American globeflower

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Trollius laxus Salisb.

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized 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.

Connecticut:
spreading globe-flower		Endangered
New Jersey:
Trollius laxus ssp. laxus
spreading globe flower		Endangered
New York:
Trollius laxus ssp. laxus
spreading globeflower		Rare
Ohio:
spreading globe-flower		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
spreading globe flower		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Trollius laxus Salisb.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Trollius laxus Salisb.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18806.

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 Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 11:12 PM MDT