Amphiachyris dracunculoides (A.P. de Candolle) Nuttall. Common name: Prairie Broomweed, Broom Snakeroot. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Limestone glades, disturbed areas over calcareous rocks; also rarely eastwards as a wool-combing mill waif (Nesom 2004d). Distribution: This species is relatively common and weedy in cedar glade habitats in the Nashville Basin of c. TN, where apparently native (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, FNA20, Il, K4, NY, Ok, POWO, S, Tn, Va; = Gutierrezia dracunculoides (DC.) Blake — F, G, GrPl, NcTx, Oh3, SE1; = n/a — Pa, RAB; = Xanthocephalum dracunculoides (DC.) Shinners — Tx. Basionym: Brachyris dracunculoides DC. 1836
Links to other floras: = Amphiachyris dracunculoides - FNA20
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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