| Author | (Hooker) H.E. Robinson | |
| Distribution | Mountains only, mostly in the northern half of the province.
PA to MN, south to SC, MS, and OK. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon to fairly common in the northern half of the Mountains, but mostly rare to locally uncommon in the southern Mountains. | |
| Habitat | Rich mesophytic hardwood forests, especially in cove forests. |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting June-October. | |
| Identification | A very robust plant, with the stems growing 6-9 feet tall. The lower and basal leaves are broadly kidney-shaped, upper leaves narrower and smaller; the larger leaves can be as much as 1 foot wide or more. The leaves are green or somewhat glaucescent beneath, not strongly glaucous as in A. atriplicifolia. The inflorescence is broad and branched, with white heads, each with 5 florets. The stem is green and conspicuously grooved lengthwise (vs. glaucous and somewhat round in cross-section in A. atriplicifolia). | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Older texts treat it as Cacalia muhlenbergii.
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| Other Common Name(s) | None | |
| State Rank | S3 | |
| Global Rank | G4 | |
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