Description ²

• Flower: Pink and green elongated cluster
• Leaves: pointed tip, base mostly wedge-shaped to straight across, lance-elliptic shaped, 6-12 inches long and 2-4 inches wide, become smaller toward top of plant
• Fruit/Seed: small brown seed with papery winged husk
• Height: 2-5 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: waste areas, roadsides, fields, railroads, along shores

Sources and Credits

1. (c) HermannFalkner/sokol, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/hermannherbarium/4813250368/
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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