Nabalus crepidineus
Species of flowering plant
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Nabalus crepidineus, commonly called the nodding rattlesnakeroot,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the United States, where it is found in the Midwest and Upland South regions.[2] Its natural habitat is in bottomland and mesic forests, and along streambanks.[3]
| Nabalus crepidineus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Nabalus |
| Species: | N. crepidineus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nabalus crepidineus (Michx.) DC. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Prenanthes crepidinea Michx. | |
Description
It is a perennial flowering plant growing up to 3 m (9.8 ft) tall. It produces white (sometimes yellow) flowers in late summer and autumn.[4][3] It is most easily seen in the spring, where it can forms large colonies of sterile basal rosettes. These rosettes are typically epehemeral, with proportionally very few persisting beyond mid-summer into the flowering period.[3]
Molecular and morphological evidence indicates that Nabalus crepidineus and its North American relatives are best treated in a separate genus from Prenanthes. This treatment became widely adopted in the 2010s.[5][6]
N. crepidineus is most often seen as only basal leaves
