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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Erechtites hieraciifolius
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Rafinesque ex de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=6: 294. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Senecio hieraciifolius
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 866. 1753 (as hieracifolius)
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae;Erechtites;Erechtites hieraciifolius
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Erechtites]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Erechtites hieraciifolius]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 603
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> (50–)100–200 cm (glabrous or unevenly coarse-tomentose, sometimes ± succulent). <b>Taproots</b> with tufts of fibrous roots. <b>Stems</b> 1(–2+), erect. <b>Leaves</b> evenly distributed (proximal often withering before flowering); indistinctly petiolate or subsessile; blades ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, (3–)6–20 × (1–)2–8 cm, margins subentire to serrate or weakly lobed (distal leaves clasping, bractlike). <b>Heads</b> 2–20(–40) in ± corymbiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> urceolate or obconic, 10–17 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> usually 21. <b>Receptacles</b> (disclike, conspicuously expanded when fresh) 5–12 mm diam. <b>Cypselae</b> 2.3–3 or 4–5 mm, nerves 10–12 or 16–20, faces puberulent between nerves or glabrous.</span><!--

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|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Nebr.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wash.;Wis.;West Indies;South America;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems and leaves dry or turgid, not succulent; receptacles 5–8 mm diam.; cypselae 2.3–3 mm, nerves 10–12 (widespread)
|[[Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius|Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems and leaves succulent; receptacles 9–12+ mm diam.; cypselae 4–5 mm, nerves 16–20 (coastal marshes; Massachusetts to New Jersey)
|[[Erechtites hieraciifolius var. megalocarpus|Erechtites hieraciifolius var. megalocarpus]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Erechtites hieraciifolius
|authority=(Linnaeus) Rafinesque ex de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Senecio hieraciifolius
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Nebr.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wash.;Wis.;West Indies;South America;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1838
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_1353.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae
|genus=Erechtites
|species=Erechtites hieraciifolius
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