PLANTS Profile for Helianthemum canadense (longbranch frostweed)

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Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx.
longbranch frostweed

Symbol:

HECA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cistaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx.

Crocanthemum canadense

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 540. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx.

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Synonyms:
Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx.

	CRCA15	Crocanthemum canadense (L.) Britton
	HECAS3	Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx. var. sabulonum Fernald

Distribution:
Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx.


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx.

View 6 genera in Cistaceae, 15 species in Helianthemum

Classification:
Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cistaceae – Rock-rose family
Genus	Helianthemum Mill. – frostweed
Species	Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx. – longbranch frostweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx.

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.

Kentucky:
Canada frostweed		Endangered
Tennessee:
Canada frostweed		Possibly Extirpated, Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22258.

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: 05/19/2013 10:19 AM CDT