Nabalus serpentaria (Pursh) Hooker. Common name: Lion's-foot, Gall-of-the-earth. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Forests. Distribution: MA south to GA, ne. FL, Panhandle FL, and MS.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Pursh (1814) capitalized the epithet (in Prenanthes), indicating that he regarded the epithet as a noun in apposition, not an adjective; the correct spelling of the epithet in Nabalus is therefore "serpentaria".
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, POWO; = Nabalus serpentarius (Pursh) Hook. — K4, NY, Tn, Va; = Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh — C, F, FNA19, G, Oh3, Pa, RAB, SE1, Tat, W, WH3, WV, Fusiak & Schilling (1984), Johnson (1980); >< Nabalus integrifolius Cass. — S; > Nabalus serpentarius (Pursh) Hook. — S. Basionym: Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh 1813
Links to other floras: = Prenanthes serpentaria - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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