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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus serpentaria   FAMILY Asteraceae_   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes serpentaria   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Nabalus serpentarius

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Prenanthes serpentaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Prenanthes serpentaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-006:

Prenanthes serpentaria   FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nabalus integrifolius

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nabalus serpentarius

 

COMMON NAME:
Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth


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image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_nase3_001_lvd

        

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm130922_428

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm130922_430

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm130922_435

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Principal (inner) involucral bracts much longer than smaller (outer) ones, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm180924_4893

September    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm180925_4989

September    Greenville County    SC

Inner bracts minutely bristly, outer narrowly lanceolate. Rays yellow-white, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_serpentaria_1

September    Catawba County    NC

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_serpentaria_1987

September    Catawba County    NC

Involucre has 8 principal bracts w a few long coarse hairs, oft black-dotted, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Rattlesnake-root

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm211003_4046

October    Greenville County    SC

Principal leaves usually evidently lobed, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm211003_4081

October    Greenville County    SC

Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root has tan-colored pappus (feathery hairs attached to seeds), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm211003_4083

October    Greenville County    SC

Lower lvs pinnately lobed, rather rounded (vs. most other Nabalus sp. palmately lobed, angular), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm211012_4258

October    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6346

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6347

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_serpentaria_li

October        

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm061105_039

November    Oconee County    SC

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    jkm061105_055

November    Oconee County    SC

image of Nabalus serpentaria, Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

JK Marlow    s061105_a

November    Oconee County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nabalus serpentaria   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes serpentaria   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus serpentarius

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Prenanthes serpentaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prenanthes serpentaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-006:
Prenanthes serpentaria   FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus integrifolius

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus serpentarius

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2220

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, reduced upward

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellowish-white
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-brown
Achene

 

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