Nabalus boottii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Nabalus |
| Species: | N. boottii
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| Nabalus boottii DC.
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Nabalus boottii, commonly known as Boott's rattlesnake root, is a species of herbaceous plant native to the alpine areas of the northeastern United States. The specific name honours John Wright Boott who first collected in the plant in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in 1829.[1] It frequently grows with and alongside the related Nabalus trifoliolatus.
Description
[edit]Nabalus boottii grows as a single stem, between 10 and 30 cm in height.[2]
Conservation
[edit]Nabalus boottii is a narrow-range, globally imperiled (G2) species that only grows in the highest alpine regions of New York and New England that are between 1,000 and 1,800 meters above sea level.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nabalus boottii (Boott's rattlesnake-root): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ "Maine Natural Areas Program Rare Plant Fact Sheet for Nabalus boottii". www.maine.gov. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ Haynes, Kristen R.; Friedman, Jannice; Stella, John C.; Leopold, Donald J. (2021). "Assessing climate change tolerance and the niche breadth-range size hypothesis in rare and widespread alpine plants". Oecologia. 196 (4): 1233–1245. doi:10.1007/s00442-021-05003-9. ISSN 0029-8549.