Species: Erechtites hieraciifolia
Fireweed
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Erechtites
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
American Burnweed - American burnweed - Eastern Burnweed
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Aster Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Asterales - Asteraceae - Erechtites - Name currently generally spelled 'hieraciifolia' (e.g., Kartesz, 1999), in accordance with ICBN Recc. 60G.1 (2000), but was originally spelled 'hieracifolius' [in Senecio] by Linnaeus, a usage maintained by Wagner et al. (1999).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1992-04-08
Global Status Last Changed
1992-04-08
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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