Index / Search / Chloracantha spinosa
§1 Plant
Chloracantha spinosa (Benth.) G.L. Nesom
vernacular spiny chloracantha — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Chloracantha
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 77 counties across 5 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 5 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Bee 48025
- Blanco 48031
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brooks 48047
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Comal 48091
- Cooke 48097
- Culberson 48109
- DeWitt 48123
- El Paso 48141
- Frio 48163
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Karnes 48255
- Kendall 48259
- Kerr 48265
- Kleberg 48273
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Limestone 48293
- Llano 48299
- Loving 48301
- Madison 48313
- Matagorda 48321
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Mills 48333
- Mitchell 48335
- Montgomery 48339
- Nueces 48355
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Reeves 48389
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Victoria 48469
- Webb 48479
- Willacy 48489
- Zapata 48505
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CHSP11 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5400922 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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