Index / Search / Abutilon theophrasti
§1 Plant
Abutilon theophrasti Medik.
vernacular velvetleaf — species · Malvaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Malvaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Abutilon
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 261 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 261 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clay 05021
- Craighead 05031
- Cross 05037
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lincoln 05079
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Randolph 05121
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Custer 30017
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Judith Basin 30045
- Liberty 30051
- McCone 30055
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Prairie 30079
- Roosevelt 30085
- Sanders 30089
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 44 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 59 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 21 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ABTH ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3152614 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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