Asteraceae
Everglades squarestem
Melanthera angustifolia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Melanthera
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Melanthera angustifoliaAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Everglades squarestem
Synonyms
- Amellus lanceolatus Kuntze
- Amellus microphyllus Kuntze
- Melanthera amellus var. subhastata (O.E.Schulz) D'Arcy
- Melanthera angustifolia var. angustifolia
- Melanthera angustifolia var. subhastata O.E.Schulz
- Melanthera lanceolata Benth. ex Oerst.
- Melanthera lanceolata Benth.
- Melanthera linearis S.F.Blake
- Melanthera microphylla Steetz
- Melanthera purpurascens S.F.Blake
- Wulffia angustifolia (A.Rich.) M.Gómez
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.