Melanthera nivea, also known as pineland squarestem, snow squarestem and Spanish; Castilian: yerba de cabra,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.[2] It grows in the Americas.
It is found in the SE United States, including Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois,[3] 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.
