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§1 Plant
Astilbe biternata (Vent.) Britton
vernacular Appalachian false goat's beard — species · Saxifragaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Saxifragaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Astilbe
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 77 counties across 7 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 77 counties across 7 states/territories.
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- DeKalb 47041
- Franklin 47051
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamblen 47063
- Hancock 47067
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASBI4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8142314 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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