Index / Search / Amsonia tabernaemontana
§1 Plant
Amsonia tabernaemontana Walter
vernacular eastern 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
· 433 counties across 20 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 433 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Choctaw 01023
- Cleburne 01029
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Pickens 01107
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clay 13061
- Cobb 13067
- Columbia 13073
- Dawson 13085
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Gwinnett 13135
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Lee 13177
- Lumpkin 13187
- Madison 13195
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pickens 13227
- Putnam 13237
- Quitman 13239
- Screven 13251
- Stephens 13257
- Taliaferro 13265
- Troup 13285
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
Illinois view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Crawford 17033
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Christian 21047
- Crittenden 21055
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Todd 21219
- Union 21225
- Webster 21233
Louisiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Henderson 37089
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Scotland 37165
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Greenville 45045
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- McCormick 45065
- Oconee 45073
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Crockett 47033
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMTA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3169689 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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