Index / Search / Bupleurum americanum
§1 Plant — species · Apiaceae
Bupleurum americanum J.M. Coult. & Rose
vernacular American thorow wax
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apiaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Bupleurum
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Montana distribution
Recorded in 20 of 56 Montana counties.
- Big Horn 30003
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Park 30067
- Powell 30077
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Wheatland 30107
- Yellowstone 30111
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BUAM2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3034555 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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