PLANTS Profile for Vesicarpa potentilloides var. nitrophilum (fivefinger chickensage)

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PLANTS Profile

Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb. var. nitrophilum (Cronquist) Kartesz
fivefinger chickensage

Symbol:

VEPON

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb. var. nitrophilum (Cronquist) Kartesz

Sphaeromeria potentilloides var. nitrophila

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Mono Co., Benton Cutoff. July 24, 2005. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb. var. nitrophilum (Cronquist) Kartesz

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Synonyms:
Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb. var. nitrophilum (Cronquist) Kartesz

	SPPON	Sphaeromeria potentilloides (A. Gray) A. Heller var. nitrophila (Cronquist) A.H. Holmgren, L.M. Shultz & Lowrey		fivefinger chickensage
	TAPON	Tanacetum potentilloides (A. Gray) A. Gray var. nitrophilum Cronquist

Distribution:
Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb. var. nitrophilum (Cronquist) Kartesz


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USA (CA, ID, NV)

Related Taxa:
Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb. var. nitrophilum (Cronquist) Kartesz

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 1 species in Vesicarpa, 2 varieties in Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb.

Classification:
Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb. var. nitrophilum (Cronquist) Kartesz

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Vesicarpa Rydb.
Species	Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb. – false chicken-sage
Variety	Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb. var. nitrophilum (Cronquist) Kartesz – fivefinger chickensage

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Vesicarpa potentilloides (A. Gray) Rydb. var. nitrophilum (Cronquist) Kartesz

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 04:46 PM CDT