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§1 Plant

Erechtites hieraciifolius (L.) Raf. ex DC. var. megalocarpus (Fernald) Cronquist

vernacular American burnweed — variety · Asteraceae

USDA
ERHIM2
GBIF
4221990
Rank
variety
American burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius var. megalocarpus)
Platephotograph · MikeNCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Erechtites
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 4 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 4 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 4 counties across 2 states/territories.

Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ERHIM2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/4221990 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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