Melanthera nivea

Melanthera nivea, also known as pineland squarestem, snow squarestem and Spanish: yerba de cabra,^[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.^[4] It grows in the Americas.

Melanthera nivea
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Genus:	Melanthera
Species:	M. nivea
Binomial name
Melanthera nivea (L.) Small, 1903
Synonyms[2]
(≡) Bidens nivea L. (=) Calea aspera Jacq. (=) Melanthera aspera (Jacq.) Small

Distribution

It is found in the SE United States, including Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois,^[5] as well as in the Caribbean Islands, Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Quintana Roo), Central America and South America, including Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guianas and northern Brazil.