PLANTS Profile for Pleiacanthus spinosus (thorn skeletonweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Pleiacanthus spinosus (Nutt.) Rydb.
thorn skeletonweed

Symbol:

PLSP7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Pleiacanthus spinosus (Nutt.) Rydb.

Stephanomeria spinosa

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Washoe Co. 1982. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Pleiacanthus spinosus (Nutt.) Rydb.

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Synonyms:
Pleiacanthus spinosus (Nutt.) Rydb.

	LYSP2	Lygodesmia spinosa Nutt.
	STSP6	Stephanomeria spinosa (Nutt.) S. Tomb		thorn skeletonweed

Distribution:
Pleiacanthus spinosus (Nutt.) Rydb.


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Related Taxa:
Pleiacanthus spinosus (Nutt.) Rydb.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 1 species in Pleiacanthus

Classification:
Pleiacanthus spinosus (Nutt.) Rydb.

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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	Pleiacanthus Rydb.
Species	Pleiacanthus spinosus (Nutt.) Rydb. – thorn skeletonweed

More Accounts and Images:
Pleiacanthus spinosus (Nutt.) Rydb.

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

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

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 01:58 AM CDT