Asteraceae
Cankerweed
Nabalus serpentaria
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Nabalus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cankerweed
Synonyms
- Nabalus albus var. serpentaria (Pursh) Torr.
- Nabalus fraseri DC.
- Nabalus fraseri var. fraseri
- Nabalus fraseri var. integrifolius (Cass.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Nabalus integrifolius Cass.
- Nabalus serpentaria var. integrifolius Britton
- Nabalus serpentaria var. laevis DC.
- Nabalus serpentarius (Pursh) Hook.
- Nabalus serpentarius subsp. integrifolius (Cass.) Britton
- Nabalus serpentarius var. laevis DC.
- Nabalus serpentarius var. serpentarius
- Prenanthes glauca Raf.
- Prenanthes integrifolia (Cass.) Small
- Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh
- Prenanthes serpentaria f. serpentaria
- Prenanthes serpentaria var. serpentaria
Photos

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Photo: Fritz Flohr Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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). About our plant data.