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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus trifoliolatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Gall-of-the-earth at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes trifoliolata
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus trifoliolatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Prenanthes trifoliolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prenanthes trifoliolata
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-002b & 003:
Prenanthes trifoliolata FAMILY Asteraceae_
INCLUDING (NOT VALIDLY PUBLISHED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Prenanthes alba ssp. pallida
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus trifoliatus
COMMON NAME:
Gall-of-the-earth, Three-leaved Rattlesnake-root
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_natr_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_n_trifoliolatus_2467
August Coos County NH
Mount Washington State Park
Involucre smooth with 7-9 principal bracts and 9-13 ray flowers per head, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Rattlesnake-root
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Keith Bradley kab_n_trifoliolatus_2475
August Coos County NH
Mount Washington State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0509j_19
September Transylvania County NC
Silver Run Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060903_104
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow s060903_r
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves lobed or dissected below, much reduced upward and less cut or lobed, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm0510d_30
October Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm0510d_31
October Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow s051029_b
October Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves very variable in shape and size, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Tim Spira tpsptrifoliata
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus trifoliolatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes trifoliolata
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus trifoliolatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Prenanthes trifoliolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prenanthes trifoliolata
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-002b & 003:
Prenanthes trifoliolata
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING (NOT VALIDLY PUBLISHED)
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Prenanthes alba ssp. pallida
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus trifoliatus
1154
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, reduced upward
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellowish-white, pale pink
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p154
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p384
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p287
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p186
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p134
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p318
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p173
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