Melanthera nivea (L.) Small is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Melanthera nivea (L.) Small (Melanthera nivea (L.) Small)
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Melanthera nivea (L.) Small

Melanthera nivea (L.) Small

Melanthera nivea is an Asteraceae flowering plant native to the Americas, distributed across the US, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Family
Genus
Melanthera
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Melanthera nivea (L.) Small

Melanthera nivea (L.) Small, a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, has multiple common names: pineland squarestem, snow squarestem, and the Spanish common name yerba de cabra. This plant grows across the Americas. Its confirmed distribution includes the southeastern United States (covering Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois), the Caribbean Islands, Mexico (ranging from Tamaulipas to Quintana Roo), Central America, and South America (including Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, the Guianas, and northern Brazil).

Photo: (c) Bob Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Melanthera

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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