Kingdom Plantae Family Asteraceae Rank Species | Order Asterales Genus Melanthera | |
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Similar Melanthera, Coreopsis leavenworthii, Fleischmannia, Myrica inodora, Lasianthaea | ||
Melanthera nivea, also known as pineland squarestem, snow squarestem and Spanish: yerba de cabra, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family.
Distribution
It is found in the SE United States, including Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois, as well as in the Caribbean Islands, Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Quintana Roo), Central America and South America, including Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guianas and northern Brazil.
References
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