Index / Search / Dioscorea quaternata
§1 Plant
Dioscorea quaternata J.F. Gmel.
vernacular fourleaf yam — species · Dioscoreaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Dioscorea
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 244 counties across 13 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 244 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Crawford 17033
- Effingham 17049
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Monroe 17133
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- Union 17181
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Dubois 18037
- Floyd 18043
- Franklin 18047
- Greene 18055
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Monroe 18105
- Morgan 18109
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Washington 18175
Kentucky view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Greenup 21089
- Hancock 21091
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Shelby 21211
- Spencer 21215
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Webster 21233
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Maryland view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Madison 29123
- McDonald 29119
- Monroe 29137
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Clearfield 42033
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Mifflin 42087
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
West Virginia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Lincoln 54043
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DIQU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7448698 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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