PLANTS Profile for Thelesperma filifolium (stiff greenthread)

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PLANTS Profile

Thelesperma filifolium (Hook.) A. Gray
stiff greenthread

Symbol:

THFI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Thelesperma filifolium (Hook.) A. Gray

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Distribution:
Thelesperma filifolium (Hook.) A. Gray


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USA (AR, CO, KS, LA, MO, MS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY)

Related Taxa:
Thelesperma filifolium (Hook.) A. Gray

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 12 species in Thelesperma or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Thelesperma filifolium (Hook.) A. Gray var. filifolium. . Image Available.

Thelesperma filifolium var. filifolium
stiff greenthread

Distribution of Thelesperma filifolium (Hook.) A. Gray var. intermedium (Rydb.) Shinners. . Image Available.

Thelesperma filifolium var. intermedium
stiff greenthread

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Thelesperma filifolium (Hook.) A. Gray

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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	Thelesperma Less. – greenthread
Species	Thelesperma filifolium (Hook.) A. Gray – stiff greenthread

More Accounts and Images:
Thelesperma filifolium (Hook.) A. Gray

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38521.

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

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 05:44 PM CDT