PLANTS Profile for Argythamnia mercurialina var. mercurialina (tall silverbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg. var. mercurialina
tall silverbush

Symbol:

ARMEM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg. var. mercurialina

Ditaxis mercurialina

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 456. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg. var. mercurialina

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Synonyms:
Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg. var. mercurialina

DIME3

Ditaxis mercurialina (Nutt.) J.M. Coult.

Distribution:
Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg. var. mercurialina


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Related Taxa:
Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg. var. mercurialina

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 18 species in Argythamnia, 2 varieties in Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg.

Classification:
Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg. var. mercurialina

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Argythamnia P. Br. – silverbush
Species	Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg. – tall silverbush
Variety	Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg. var. mercurialina – tall silverbush

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Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll. Arg. var. mercurialina

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 184716.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 01:13 AM CDT