Index / Search / Echinodorus tenellus
§1 Plant
Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau
vernacular mudbabies — species · Alismataceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Alismataceae Vent.
- Genus
- Echinodorus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 45 counties across 17 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 45 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ECTE2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2864529 ↗Record version
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