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A description of ''Nabalus serpentarius'' is provided in [http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067372 The Flora of North America].
 
A description of ''Nabalus serpentarius'' is provided in [http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067372 The Flora of North America].
  
The inflorescence of this species is corymbiform to paniculiform, with 4-19 flowers per head. The flowers have 4-10 phyllaries that are sparsely setose and pubescent with long, coarse hairs. Its branches are well-developed and the principle leaves are evidently lobed.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>  
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The inflorescence of this species is corymbiform to paniculiform, with 4-19 flowers per head. The flowers have 4-10 phyllaries that are sparsely setose and pubescent with long, coarse hairs. Its branches are well-developed and the principle leaves are evidently lobed.<ref name=weakley/>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==

Revision as of 10:01, 14 July 2023

Nabalus serpentarius
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Photo by John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Nabalus
Species: N. serpentarius
Binomial name
Nabalus serpentarius
Pursh
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Natural range of Nabalus serpentarius from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: cankerweed, lion's-foot, gall-of-the-earth[1]

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Nabalus serpentaria (Pursh) Hooker; Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh; Nabalus serpentarius (Pursh) Hooker[1]

Varieties: Nabalus serpentarius (Pursh) Hooker[1]

Description

A description of Nabalus serpentarius is provided in The Flora of North America.

The inflorescence of this species is corymbiform to paniculiform, with 4-19 flowers per head. The flowers have 4-10 phyllaries that are sparsely setose and pubescent with long, coarse hairs. Its branches are well-developed and the principle leaves are evidently lobed.[1]

Distribution

This plant ranges from Massachusetts to Georgia, Panhandle Florida, and Mississippi.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, N. serpentarius can be found in longleaf pine-wiregrass flatwoods, beech magnolia woods, rich loam on steep slopes of wooded sinkhole ravines, rich mesic woodlands of shallow ravines, wooded ravine bottoms, dry woods, clay hillsides, clay loam in open stands, mixed pine-hardwood stands, open pine-oak woodlands, hardwood forest bluffs, drying loamy sand along mesic woodlands with limestone outcrops, subxeric woodlands on slopes of rivers, and frequently burned mature longleaf pine-wiregrass community.[2] It can also be found along sidewalks.

Phenology

N. serpentarius flowers from August through October.[1]

Fire ecology

Populations of Nabalus serpentarius have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[3]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "weakley" defined multiple times with different content
  2. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: James R. Burkhalter, Loran C. Anderson, P. L. Redfearn, Robert K. Godfrey, R. S. Mitchell, Robert Kral, Rodie White. States and Counties: Florida: Escambia, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Washington. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
  3. Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.