Tetragonotheca helianthoides L. is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Tetragonotheca helianthoides L. (Tetragonotheca helianthoides L.)
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Tetragonotheca helianthoides L.

Tetragonotheca helianthoides L.

Tetragonotheca helianthoides is a perennial dicot flowering plant in the Asteraceae family found in the southeastern United States.

Family
Genus
Tetragonotheca
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Tetragonotheca helianthoides L.

Tetragonotheca helianthoides L. is a species of flowering plant native to the southeastern United States. It is a perennial dicot that belongs to the Asteraceae family. Common names for this species include pineland nerveray, squarehead, and pineland ginseng. This plant produces fruit in the form of an achene. Several two-foot stems grow from its crown, and it has a thick taproot. Its flowers are yellow. It has been observed growing in mixed oak woodlands, mixed deciduous flatwoods, and forested upland habitats.

Photo: (c) Will Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Will Stuart · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Tetragonotheca

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

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