Froelichia floridana
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Froelichia floridana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Froelichia |
Species: | F. floridana
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Froelichia floridana | |
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Froelichia floridana is a species of flowering plant in the genus Froelichia, in the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae).[2] It is known as prairie cottonweed,[3] Florida snakecotton[3], large cottonweed,[2] field snakecotton,[3] or plains snakecotton.[4] An annual, it produces white woolly flowers on tall flowering stalks, growing up to 40 in (1,000 mm) in height.[2][3] The narrowly oblanceolate to elliptic leaves are opposite, occurring on the lower third of the stem.[2] It grows in central and eastern North America, from the Great Plains to Mexico, east to the Atlantic Coast.[4][1] Its propensity to spread easily has resulted in it being considered an agricultural weed and it is an invasive species in Australia.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq". Plantsoftheworldonline.org. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Large Cottonweed (Froelichia floridana)". Illinoiswildflowers.info.
- ^ a b c d "Froelichia floridana (Prairie Cottonweed): Minnesota Wildflowers". Minnesotawildflowers.info.
- ^ a b "Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq. var. floridana plains snakecotton". Plants.usda.gov.
- ^ "Invasive plant risk assessment : Cotton-tails : Froelichia floridana and F. gracilis" (PDF). Daf.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2022.