PLANTS Profile for Melampodium leucanthum (plains blackfoot)

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PLANTS Profile

Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & A. Gray
plains blackfoot

Symbol:

MELE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & A. Gray

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. 3: 459. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & A. Gray

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Distribution:
Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & A. Gray


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Related Taxa:
Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & A. Gray

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 7 species in Melampodium

Classification:
Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Melampodium L. – blackfoot
Species	Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & A. Gray – plains blackfoot

More Accounts and Images:
Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38085.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 01:23 AM CDT