Index / Search / Amsonia rigida
§1 Plant
Amsonia rigida Shuttlw. ex Small
vernacular stiff bluestar — species · Apocynaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apocynaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Amsonia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 29 counties across 4 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 29 counties across 4 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 19 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Natchitoches 22069
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- Vernon 22115
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMRI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3169704 ↗Record version
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