Taxon: Krameria lanceolata Torr.

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Common names:

• crameria   (Source: F Tex ) – English
  
• ratany   (Source: F Florida ) – English
  
• sandspur   (Source: F Florida ) – English
  
• trailing krameria   (Source: PLANTS ) – English
  
• trailing rhatany   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas, Oklahoma
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Florida, Georgia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila

References:

• Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Krameria lanceolata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Krameria lanceolata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Krameria lanceolata.

Check other web resources for Krameria lanceolata Torr.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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