Arnoglossum atriplicifolium, the pale Indian plantain, is a perennial North American wildflower in the sunflower family.Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 623 Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (Linnaeus) H. Robinson It is widely distributed through the central and eastern states of the United States from the Atlantic Coast westward as far as Kansas,Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map but it is listed as endangered in the state of New Jersey. Arnoglossum atriplicifolium is a large perennial up to 300 cm (120 inches or 10 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Stems are usually unbranched. Flower heads are white, sometimes with a bit of green or purple, with disc florets but no ray florets. It grows in pastures, roadsides, and edges of woods. Flowers bloom July to September. Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Arnoglossum atriplicifolium has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections4
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK1★rbcL2★ITS4★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualArnoglossum atriplicifolium carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size2 836 200 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Arnoglossum atriplicifolium2.84 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 50 n = 25
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin3.77 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 637 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 035
Museum / vouchered599
Other3
Origin
Native2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO10 216 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 464≤1 km 449≤10 km 158>10 km 348
3 419 georeferenced · 616 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 035
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 43≤1 km 147≤10 km 102>10 km 45
337 georeferenced · 262 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence599
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions49 of 72 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bloomington, US
90
Wuzhou, CN
53
Saint Louis, US
51
Madison, US
46
Bangkok, TH
42
Chapel Hill, US
33
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
31
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
28
Ann Arbor, US
26
Jackson, US
15
Tuscaloosa, US
14
Morgantown, US
12
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
11
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
10
Dekalb, US
8
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
7
Johnson City, US
6
Mississippi State, US
6
GAlocation not on record
6
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
6
Clemson, US
5
Jefferson City, US
5
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
5
Norfolk, US
4
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
4
Green Bay, US
4
Millersville, US
4
Columbia, US
4
Mount Berry, US
3
Pittsburg, US
3
Little Rock, US
3
ASUlocation not on record
2
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
2
Emporia, US
2
Chicago, US
2
Lincoln, US
2
Whitewater, US
2
Asheville, US
2
Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Miami, US
1
GB
1
Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record
1
Clarksville, US
1
Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Springfield, US
1
Elikins, US
1
University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
LINUlocation not on record
1
Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record
1
Conway, US
1
Tampa, US
1
Phoenix, US
1
Provo, US
1
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record
1
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
1
New Brunswick, US
1
Riverside, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Logan, US
1
Northridge, US
1
San Angelo, US
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Denver, US
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
72 institutions · 594 of 599 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Arnoglossum atriplicifolium was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median12.5 °C 12.5–12.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter27.0 °C
Max temp (day)18.4 °C
Min temp (night)8.20 °C
Precipitation79.6 mm/mo
Air humidity57.3 %
Moisture balance-38.4 mm/mo
Vapour deficit733 Pa
Wind speed5.80 m/s
Cloud cover36.7 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 637 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗