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§1 Plant

Dracopis amplexicaulis (Vahl) Cass.

vernacular clasping coneflower — species · Asteraceae


USDA
DRAM
GBIF
4255472 syn.
Rank
species
clasping coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis)
Platephotograph · CassiCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Dracopis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 199 counties across 12 states/territories
Legend Native · 199 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Fire
None
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
32 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
10–60 in/yr
pH range
6–7.5
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Black
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,600,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 199 counties across 12 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 7 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 16 N
Florida view state ↗ 3 N
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N
Kansas view state ↗ 18 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 52 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 35 N
Texas view state ↗ 54 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/DRAM ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/4255472 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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