Cankerweed

Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh

Aster family

Plant Type

Forb/herb

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

6.0 feet

Flower Color

White, Yellow

Bloom Time

Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.