ASTERACEAE

Erechtites hieraciifolius (Linnaeus) Rafinesque ex A.P. de Candolle. Fireweed, American Burnweed. Phen: Late Jul-Nov. Hab: In disturbed soil in nearly all habitats except the extremely xeric, present in most parts of the modern (beat-up) landscape at least as seedlings, liable to turn up at the smallest disturbance (such as small tree-fall tip-up mounds or campfires, even in large natural areas), most abundant in areas extensively disturbed or scarified by timber-harvest, bulldozing, or severe fire. Dist: NL (Newfoundland) west to SK, south to s. FL and e. TX; West Indies; tropical America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Syn: = Fl7, Mi, Tn, Va; = Erechtites hieracifolia var. hieracifolia – Bah, C, G, K1, SE1; = Erechtites hieraciifolia var. hieraciifolia – Pa; = Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius – Ar, FNA20, K4, NE, NY; < Erechtites hieracifolia – GrPl, GW2, Oh3, RAB, S, W, WV; > Erechtites hieracifolia var. hieracifolia – F, Il; > Erechtites hieracifolia var. intermedia – F, Il; > Erechtites hieracifolia var. praealta – F, Il; < Erechtites hieraciifolia – NcTx; < Erechtites hieraciifolius – WH3; < Senecio hieraciifolius var. hieracifolius – K3

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