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Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.
redwhisker clammyweed

       
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Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.

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Distribution:
Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, MB, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.

View 14 genera in Capparaceae, 5 species in Polanisia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. ssp. dodecandra. . Image Available.
Polanisia dodecandra ssp. dodecandra
redwhisker clammyweed
Distribution of Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. ssp. riograndensis Iltis. .
Polanisia dodecandra ssp. riograndensis
Rio Grande clammyweed
Distribution of Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. ssp. trachysperma (Torr. & A. Gray) Iltis. . Image Available.
Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma
sandyseed clammyweed
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Capparales
Family Capparaceae – Caper family
Genus Polanisia Raf. – clammyweed
Species Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. – redwhisker clammyweed
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
clammy-weed              Special Concern
Maryland:
clammyweed              Endangered
 

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.

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
UPL,FACU FACU FACU- UPL* FACU UPL FACU FACU- FACU FACU- NI NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22652.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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