Nabalus trifoliolatus Cassini. Common name: Gall-of-the-earth. Phenology: Aug-Nov. Habitat: Forests. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland), QC, and ON south to e. NC, n. GA, and TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NE, NY, POWO, Tn, Va; = Nabalus trifoliatus — S, orthographic variant; = Prenanthes trifoliolata (Cass.) Fernald — C, FNA19, G, Pa, SE1, Tat, W, Johnson (1980); > Prenanthes alba L. ssp. pallida Milstead — RAB, not validly published; > Prenanthes trifoliolata (Cass.) Fernald — RAB; > Prenanthes trifoliolata (Cass.) Fernald var. nana (Bigelow) Fernald — F; > Prenanthes trifoliolata (Cass.) Fernald var. trifoliolata — F. Basionym: Nabalus trifoliolatus Cass. 1825
Links to other floras: = Prenanthes trifoliolata - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of moist upland forests.
Stems: Stems branched in inflorescence only, sometimes reddish-purple, smooth or slightly hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, evenly distributed on stem; lower leaves triangular or arrowhead-shaped, often deeply 3-lobed (lobes again divided) and 1 1/4-4 in. long, but smaller and progressively less divided upward.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) drooping from short stalks of a narrow terminal panicle; cylindric heads about 1/2 in. long, consisting of 9-13 cream or yellowish ray florets surrounded by 6-9 pale green to purple-tinged and sometimes white- or black-dotted bracts,
Fruits: Fruit a tufted achene.
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Height: 1-4 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of moist upland forests.
stems: Stems branched in inflorescence only, sometimes reddish-purple, smooth or slightly hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, evenly distributed on stem; lower leaves triangular or arrowhead-shaped, often deeply 3-lobed (lobes again divided) and 1 1/4-4 in. long, but smaller and progressively less divided upward.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) drooping from short stalks of a narrow terminal panicle; cylindric heads about 1/2 in. long, consisting of 9-13 cream or yellowish ray florets surrounded by 6-9 pale green to purple-tinged and sometimes white- or black-dotted bracts,
fruits: Fruit a tufted achene.
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