Nabalus alatus

Nabalus alatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Crepidinae
Genus: Nabalus
Species: Nabalus alatus

Name

Nabalus alatus Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 1(6): 294, t. 102. (1833)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Prenanthes alata (Hook.) D. Dietr.
• Heterotypic
  • Cacalia acuminata Fisch. ex Herd.
  • Mulgedium hastatum Less.
  • Nabalus hastatus (Less.) A. A. Heller
  • Prenanthes alata var. sagittata A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1, pt. 2: 435. (1884) also see Nabalus sagittatus (A.Gray) Rydb., Mem. N. York Bot. Gard. 1: 463. (1900)
  • Prenanthes hastata (Less.) A. Nels. & Macbr.
  • Sonchus goraeensis Less. ex Steud.
  • Sonchus hastatus Less.
  • Sonchus lessingii Hultén

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Canada (Alberta, British Columbia), Alaska, USA (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Hooker, W.J. 1833. Flora Boreali-Americana [Hooker] 1(6): 294, t. 102.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Nabalus alatus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Nabalus alatus. Published online. Accessed: June 26 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Western Rattlesnakeroot, Wing-leaved Rattlesnakeroot, Western White Lettuce

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