Asteraceae
Wand blackroot
Pterocaulon virgatum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Pterocaulon
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Wand blackroot
Synonyms
- Baccharis virgata Bojer ex DC.
- Chlaenobolus spicatus Cass.
- Chlaenobolus virgata (L.) Cass.
- Chlaenobolus virgatus (L.) Cass.
- Conyza virgata DC.
- Conyza virgata (L.) L.
- Conyza virgata var. virgata
- Gnaphalium decurrens Schrank
- Gnaphalium spicatum Mill.
- Gnaphalium spicatum f. spicatum
- Gnaphalium virgatum L.
- Pterocaulon pilcomayense Malme
- Pterocaulon pompilianum Standl. & L.O.Williams
- Pterocaulon subspicatum Malme
- Pterocaulon subspicatum Malme
- Pterocaulon subvirgatum Malme
- Pterocaulon virgatum f. subvirgata (Malme) Arechav.
- Pterocaulon virgatum f. virgatum
- Pterocaulon virgatum var. virgatum
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: luccas.cunha, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: luccas.cunha, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: cabana carlos manuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.