Biology:Froelichia floridana
| Froelichia floridana | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Froelichia |
| Species: | F. floridana
|
| Binomial name | |
| Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
List
| |
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]
Botanical illustration (1840)
Flowerhead
_(29619045415).jpg)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106089-2. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Large Cottonweed (Froelichia floridana)". http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/lrg_cottonweed.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Froelichia floridana (Prairie Cottonweed): Minnesota Wildflowers". https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/prairie-cottonweed.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq. var. floridana plains snakecotton". https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=FRFLF.
- ↑ "Invasive plant risk assessment : Cotton-tails : Froelichia floridana and F. gracilis" (PDF). https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/74968/IPA-Cottontails-Risk-Assessment.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q15589589 entry
 |  |
