Index / Search / Cnidoscolus urens
§1 Plant
Cnidoscolus urens (L.) Arthur
vernacular cnidoscolus — species · Euphorbiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cnidoscolus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 205 counties across 8 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 205 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Clarke 01025
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Dale 01045
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Franklin 01059
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lee 01081
- Macon 01087
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Perry 01105
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
Florida view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Dodge 13091
- Dooly 13093
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Glascock 13125
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Heard 13149
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Putnam 13237
- Richmond 13245
- Screven 13251
- Seminole 13253
- Tattnall 13267
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Turner 13287
- Upson 13293
- Washington 13303
- Worth 13321
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Clarke 28023
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Kemper 28069
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Marion 28091
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Washington 28151
North Carolina view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CNUR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3073653 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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