Index / Search / Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
§1 Plant
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus
vernacular watermelon — variety · Cucurbitaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Citrullus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
County-level range
· 95 counties across 15 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 95 counties across 15 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Jackson 22049
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Mary 22101
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CILAL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7317866 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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