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Triosteum perfoliatum L.
feverwort

       
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Line Drawing of Triosteum perfoliatum L.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 275. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Triosteum perfoliatum L.

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Distribution:
Triosteum perfoliatum L.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Triosteum perfoliatum L.

View 11 genera in Caprifoliaceae, 3 species in Triosteum
 

Classification:
Triosteum perfoliatum L.

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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 Dipsacales
Family Caprifoliaceae – Honeysuckle family
Genus Triosteum L. – horse-gentian
Species Triosteum perfoliatum L. – feverwort
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Triosteum perfoliatum L.

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.

Massachusetts:
broad tinker's-weed              Endangered
Rhode Island:
feverwort              Special Concern
 

More Accounts and Images:
Triosteum perfoliatum L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35345.

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.

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

 
 
Time Generated: 10/24/2008 11:52 PM MDT