Chloracantha spinosa (Bentham) Nesom. Common name: Spiny-aster, Mexican-devilweed, Devilweed-aster. Phenology: (May-) Aug-Nov. Habitat: Riverbanks, swamps, marshes, saline flats. Distribution: S. LA, OK, NM, AZ, and CA south to sc. Mexico (many states); other varieties occur in w. Mexico and southwards to Panama.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Sundberg (1991) delineated four varieties, three of which are distributed from Mexico southwards to Central America. Nesom (2018a) treated the complex as four species.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, POWO, Nesom (2018a); = Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L.Nesom var. spinosa — FNA20, Sundberg (1991); < Aster spinosus Benth. — GrPl, S, SE1, Tx; < Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L.Nesom — Mex, NcTx, Ok
Links to other floras: = Chloracantha spinosa var. spinosa - FNA20
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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