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Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom
spiny chloracantha
       
Symbol:   CHSP11  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Asteraceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N



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Aster spinosus

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Synonyms:
Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom

  ASSP3 Aster spinosus Benth.
  CHSPS2 Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom var. spinosa
  EROR6 Erigeron ortegae S.F. Blake
  LESP3 Leucosyris spinosa (Benth.) Greene
 

Distribution:
Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom

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USA (AZ, CA, LA, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT)
 

Related Taxa:
Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 1 species in Chloracantha
 

Classification:
Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom

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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 Chloracantha G.L. Nesom – chloracantha
Species Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom – spiny chloracantha
 

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom

Aster spinosus:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW NO FACW NO NO NO FACW- FACW FAC NO FACW NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:

Leucosyris spinosa:

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt Low              

Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 506896.

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).
 

Related Web Sites:
Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom

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