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Whitetop is a perennial herb that reproduces by seeds and by horizontal creeping roots. The stem is stoutish, erect or spreading, 10 to 80 cm tall, branched, covered sparsely with ash-colored soft hairs to heavily covered. The leaves are alternating, simple, and mostly toothed. The basal
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MULLIGAN, GERALD A.; FINDLAY, JUDY N. (January 1974).
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359:Distribution in United States
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