Melanthera nivea (Snow melanthera)

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Melanthera nivea (L.) Small

Snow melanthera, snow squarestem

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Bidens nivea L.
Melanthera carpenteri Small
Melanthera hastata Michx.

1/5/2026 · By Jacquelyn Boyt

4/12/2015 · Rte. 41 (Tamiami), Everglades National Park, Florida · ≈ 3 × 3½″ (7.7 × 9.8 cm)

4/12/2015 · Rte. 41 (Tamiami), Everglades National Park, Florida · ≈ 4 × 4″ (10 × 10 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Melanthera	From Greek melanthera, ”black-stamened“
Species	nivea	Snow-white

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Melanthera nivea description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.