Index / Search / Elytraria caroliniensis
§1 Plant
Elytraria caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Pers.
vernacular Carolina scalystem — species · Acanthaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Acanthaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Elytraria
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 45 counties across 4 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 4 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Gadsden 12039
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Wakulla 12129
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELCA6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3173237 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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