Nabalus is a genus of Asian and North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 34: 94-100 in FrenchTropicos, Nabalus Cass.
Nabalus is now considered the correct name for a group of plants in North America that were formerly considered to be members of Prenanthes, and were included in that genus in the Flora of North America treatment.Flora of North America FNA Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 264 Rattlesnake root, cankerweed, gall-of-the-earth, Prenanthes Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 797. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 349. 1754. Common names for the genus include "rattlesnake root" and "white lettuce." The latter reflects its close relationship to lettuce (Lactuca sativa) but having flowers that are whitish or purplish-white in some species. Many (perhaps all) of the species are monocarpic perennials, in which an individual plant may live for multiple years in a vegetative condition but then will die after flowering and fruiting.Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 341 耳菊属 er ju shu Nabalus Cassini in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 34: 94. 1825.
Species
, Nabalus species include:Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist The Plant List search for NabalusBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
Asian Nabalus species Nabalus acerifolius - Japan Nabalus ochroleucus - Primorye, Jilin, Korea, Japan Nabalus tatarinowii - China, Primorye, Korea Nabalus tatarinowii subsp. macranthus - China, Mongolia Nabalus tatarinowii subsp. tatarinowii - China, Mongolia, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye
North American Nabalus species Nabalus albus - white rattlesnake root - SAS MAN ONT QUE United States (Great Lakes, Northeast, Appalachians) Nabalus altissimus - tall rattlesnake root - MAN ONT QUE NB NS United States (Northeast, Southeast, South-central) Nabalus asper - rough rattlesnake root - United States (Great Plains, Mississippi Valley) Nabalus autumnalis - slender rattlesnake root - MS FL SC NC VA DE NJ Nabalus barbatus - barbed rattlesnake root - TX OK AR LA KY TN MS AL GA Nabalus boottii - Boott’s rattlesnake root - NY VT NH ME (possibly a synonym of Prenanthes boottii)Compositae Working Group (CWG) (2021). Global Compositae Database. Prenanthes boottii (DC.) A.Gray. Accessed at: https://www.compositae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1102104 on 2021-05-23 treats Nabalus boottii (Torr. & A.Gray) DC. instead as Prenanthes boottii (DC.) A.Gray Nabalus carrii - canyon rattlesnake root - Texas Nabalus crepidineus - nodding rattlesnake root - MN IA MO AR TN KY IL IN WI MI OH WV PA NY Nabalus hastatus - western rattlesnake root - AK, ALB, Aleutian Islands, BC, ID, MT, OR, WA Nabalus × mainensis [N. racemosus × trifoliolatus] - Maine rattlesnake root - NY QUE ME NS NB Nabalus racemosus - glaucous rattlesnake root - Canada, northern United States Nabalus roanensis - Roan Mountain rattlesnake root - southern Appalachians (VA NC TN) Nabalus sagittatus - arrow-leaf rattlesnake root - BC ALB ID MT Nabalus serpentaria - lion's foot rattlesnake root - eastern United States (MS + FL to NH) Nabalus trifoliolatus - three-leaved rattlesnake root - eastern North America (GA to ONT + LAB)
Formerly placed here Nabalus faberi - synonym of Faberia faberi References