{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Prenanthes alata 3877.JPG | image_caption = ''[[Nabalus alatus]]'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Nabalus | authority = [[Cass.]] | type_species = ''[[Nabalus trifoliolatus]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Cass.]] }}
'''''Nabalus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Asia]]n and [[North America]]n flowering plants in the tribe [[Cichorieae]] within the family [[Asteraceae]].<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303049#page/100/mode/1up Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition<nowiki>]</nowiki> 34: 94-100] in French</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024837 Tropicos, ''Nabalus'' Cass.]</ref>
''Nabalus'' is now considered the correct name for a group of plants in [[North America]] that were formerly considered to be members of ''[[Prenanthes]]'', and were included in that genus in the [[Flora of North America]] treatment.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=126693 Flora of North America FNA Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 264 Rattlesnake root, cankerweed, gall-of-the-earth, ''Prenanthes'' Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 797. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 349. 1754. ]</ref> Common names for the genus include "'''rattlesnake root'''" and "'''white lettuce'''." The latter reflects its close relationship to lettuce (''[[Lactuca sativa]]'') but having flowers that are whitish or purplish-white in some species. Many (perhaps all) of the species are [[monocarpic]] perennials, in which an individual plant may live for multiple years in a vegetative condition but then will die after flowering and fruiting.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=121572 Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 341 <big>耳菊属</big> er ju shu ''Nabalus'' Cassini in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 34: 94. 1825. ]</ref>
==Species==
''Nabalus'' species include:<ref>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=91472d32-30da-45b8-9f0e-bca49d1406b6 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Nabalus The Plant List search for ''Nabalus'']</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Nabalus Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]</ref>
===Asian ''Nabalus'' species=== * ''[[Nabalus acerifolius]]'' {{au|Maxim. (1871)}} - Japan * ''[[Nabalus angustilobus]]'' {{au|(C.Shih) Sennikov (2000)}} - [[Sichuan]] * ''[[Nabalus faberi]]'' {{au|(Hemsl.) Sennikov (2000)}} - [[Guizhou]], [[Sichuan]] * ''[[Nabalus leptanthus]]'' {{au|(C.Shih) Sennikov (2000)}} - [[Sichuan]] * ''[[Nabalus nipponicus]]'' {{au|Franch. & Sav. (1878)}} - Japan * ''[[Nabalus ochroleucus]]'' {{au|Maxim. (1871)}} - [[Primorye]], [[Jilin]], [[Korea]], Japan * ''[[Nabalus pyramidalis]]'' {{au|(C.Shih) Sennikov (2000)}} - [[Sichuan]] * ''[[Nabalus racemiformis]]'' {{au|(C.Shih) Sennikov (2000)}} - [[Hebei]] * ''[[Nabalus tatarinowii]]'' {{au|(Maxim.) Nakai (1923)}} - China, [[Primorye]], [[Korea]]
===North American ''Nabalus'' species=== * ''[[Nabalus alatus]]'' {{au|Hook. (1833)}} - western rattlesnake root - [[Alaska|AK]] [[British Columbia|BC]] [[Alberta|ALB]] [[Washington (state)|WA]] [[Oregon|OR]] [[Idaho|ID]][[Montana|MT]] * ''[[Nabalus albus]]'' {{au|(L.) Hook. (1833)}} - white rattlesnake root - [[Saskatchewan|SAS]] [[Manitoba|MAN]] [[Ontario|ONT]] [[Quebec|QUE]] United States (Great Lakes, Northeast, Appalachians) * ''[[Nabalus altissimus]]'' {{au|(L.) Hook. (1833)}} - tall rattlesnake root - [[Manitoba|MAN]] [[Ontario|ONT]] [[Quebec|QUE]] [[New Brunswick|NB]] [[Nova Scotia|NS]] United States (Northeast, Southeast, South-central) * ''[[Nabalus asper]]'' {{au|(Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray (1843)}} - rough rattlesnake root - United States ([[Great Plains]], [[Mississippi Valley]]) * ''[[Nabalus autumnalis]]'' {{au|(Walter) Weakley (2011)}} - slender rattlesnake root - [[Mississippi|MS]] [[Florida|FL]] [[South Carolina|SC]] [[North Carolina|NC]] [[Virginia|VA]] [[Delaware|DE]] [[New Jersey|NJ]] * ''[[Nabalus barbatus]]'' {{au|(Torr. & A.Gray) A.Heller}} - barbed rattlesnake root - [[Texas|TX]] [[Oklahoma|OK]] [[Arkansas|AR]] [[Louisiana|LA]] [[Kentucky|KY]] [[Tennessee|TN]] [[Mississippi|MS]] [[Alabama|AL]] [[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]] * ''[[Nabalus boottii]] '' {{au|DC. (1838)}} - Boott’s rattlesnake root - [[New York (state)|NY]] [[Vermont|VT]] [[New Hampshire|NH]] [[Maine|ME]] (possibly a synonym of ''Prenanthes boottii'')<ref>[https://compositae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1102104 Compositae Working Group (CWG) (2021). Global Compositae Database. Prenanthes boottii (DC.) A.Gray. Accessed at: https://www.compositae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1102104 on 2021-05-23]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} treats ''Nabalus boottii'' (Torr. & A.Gray) DC. instead as ''[[Prenanthes boottii]]'' (DC.) A.Gray</ref> * ''[[Nabalus crepidineus]]'' {{au|(Michx.) DC. (1838)}} - nodding rattlesnake root - [[Minnesota|MN]] [[Iowa|IA]] [[Missouri|MO]] [[Arkansas|AR]] [[Tennessee|TN]] [[Kentucky|KY]] [[Illinois|IL]] [[Indiana|IN]] [[Wisconsin|WI]] [[Michigan|MI]] [[Ohio|OH]] [[West Virginia|WV]] [[Pennsylvania|PA]] [[New York (state)|NY]] * ''[[Nabalus × mainensis]]'' {{au|(A.Gray) A.Heller}} [''N. racemosus'' × ''trifoliolatus''] - Maine rattlesnake root - [[New York (state)|NY]] [[Quebec|QUE]] [[Maine|ME]] [[Nova Scotia|NS]] [[New Brunswick|NB]] * ''[[Nabalus racemosus]]'' {{au|(Michx.) Hook (1833)}} - glaucous rattlesnake root - Canada, northern United States * ''[[Nabalus roanensis]]'' {{au|Chick. (1880)}} - Roan Mountain rattlesnake root - southern Appalachians ([[Virginia|VA]] [[North Carolina|NC]] [[Tennessee|TN]]) * ''[[Nabalus sagittatus]]'' {{au|(A.Gray) Rydb. (1900)}} - arrow-leaf rattlesnake root - [[British Columbia|BC]] [[Alberta|ALB]] [[Idaho|ID]] [[Montana|MT]] * ''[[Nabalus serpentarius]]'' {{au|(Pursh) Hook. (1833)}} - lion's foot rattlesnake root - eastern United States ([[Mississippi|MS]] + [[Florida|FL]] to [[New Hampshire|NH]]) * ''[[Nabalus trifoliolatus]]'' {{au|Cass. (1825)}} - three-leaved rattlesnake root - eastern [[North America]] ([[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]] to [[Ontario|ONT]] + [[Labrador|LAB]])
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