PLANTS Profile for Blennosperma nanum (common stickyseed)

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Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake
common stickyseed

Symbol:

BLNA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Distribution:
Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 2 species in Blennosperma or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake var. nanum. .

Blennosperma nanum var. nanum
common stickyseed

Distribution of Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake var. robustum J.T. Howell. .

Blennosperma nanum var. robustum
common stickyseed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake

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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	Blennosperma Less. – stickyseed
Species	Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake – common stickyseed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake

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California:
Blennosperma nanum var. robustum
Pt. Reyes blennosperma		Rare

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36843.

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

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 04:20 PM CST