PLANTS Profile for Prenanthes alata (western rattlesnakeroot)

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PLANTS Profile

Prenanthes alata (Hook.) D. Dietr.
western rattlesnakeroot

Symbol:

PRAL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

More Information:

Images:
Prenanthes alata (Hook.) D. Dietr.

Synonyms:
Prenanthes alata (Hook.) D. Dietr.

PRLE

Prenanthes lessingii Hultén

Distribution:
Prenanthes alata (Hook.) D. Dietr.


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USA (AK, ID, OR, WA), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Prenanthes alata (Hook.) D. Dietr.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 15 species in Prenanthes

Classification:
Prenanthes alata (Hook.) D. Dietr.

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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	Prenanthes L. – rattlesnakeroot
Species	Prenanthes alata (Hook.) D. Dietr. – western rattlesnakeroot

More Accounts and Images:
Prenanthes alata (Hook.) D. Dietr.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38269.

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

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 11:06 PM CDT