Nabalus serpentaria (Pursh) Hooker. Lion's-foot, Gall-of-the-earth. Phen: Aug-Oct. Hab: Forests. Dist: 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; = Nabalus serpentarius (Pursh) Hook. – K3, K4, NY, Tn, Va; = Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh – C, F, FNA19, G, K1, Oh3, Pa, RAB, SE1, Tat, W, WH3, WV, Fusiak & Schilling (1984), Johnson (1980); >< Nabalus integrifolius Cass. – S; > Nabalus serpentarius (Pursh) Hook. – S
Heliophily: 4
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