A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
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Asteraceae » Centromadia pungens ssp. pungens
Centromadia pungens (Hook. & Arn.) Greene ssp. pungens[FNA21, HC2]
common spikeweed, western spikeweed
Publication: Man. Bot. San Francisco. 196. 1894.
Origin: Introduced
Herbarium search: CPNWH
Notes: Noxious in WA.
FNA21: "Subspecies pungens is circumscribed broadly to include subsp. maritima and subsp. septentrionalis based on morphologic and molecular data (B. G. Baldwin, unpubl.). As treated here, Centromadia pungens subsp. pungens occurs widely in central and northern California, and it is putatively introduced in southwestern California and outside the state."
Last updated 2/19/2008 by David Giblin.
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Hemizonia pungens (Hook. & Arn.) Torr. & A. Gray ssp. septentrionalis D.D. Keck
Hemizonia pungens (Hook. & Arn.) Torr. & A. Gray var. pungens[HC]
Hemizonia pungens (Hook. & Arn.) Torr. & A. Gray var. septentrionalis (D.D. Keck) Cronquist[HC]
