Index / Search / Froelichia gracilis
§1 Plant
Froelichia gracilis (Hook.) Moq.
vernacular slender snakecotton — species · Amaranthaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Amaranthaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Froelichia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 490 counties across 32 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 490 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Bradley 05011
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lincoln 05079
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Phillips 05107
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
Colorado view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 80 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Crawford 20037
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Geary 20061
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lincoln 20105
- Marshall 20117
- Meade 20119
- Montgomery 20125
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Stanton 20187
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Barton 29011
- Bollinger 29017
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Cass 29037
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Howard 29089
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Moniteau 29135
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 75 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Austin 48015
- Bailey 48017
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Burnet 48053
- Callahan 48059
- Castro 48069
- Collingsworth 48087
- Colorado 48089
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Dimmit 48127
- Duval 48131
- Ector 48135
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Gaines 48165
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hood 48221
- Howard 48227
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Johnson 48251
- Karnes 48255
- Kaufman 48257
- Kerr 48265
- La Salle 48283
- Lavaca 48285
- Lee 48287
- Lipscomb 48295
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Loving 48301
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Mitchell 48335
- Montague 48337
- Motley 48345
- Navarro 48349
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Presidio 48377
- Sabine 48403
- Starr 48427
- Stonewall 48433
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terry 48445
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Victoria 48469
- Ward 48475
- Webb 48479
- Wheeler 48483
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Winkler 48495
- Zapata 48505
- Zavala 48507
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Bedford 51019
- Campbell 51031
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Franklin 51067
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Montgomery 51121
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FRGR3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384324 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T10:50:45Z