Index / Search / Matelea carolinensis
§1 Plant
Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson
vernacular maroon Carolina milkvine — species · Asclepiadaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae Borkh.
- Genus
- Matelea
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 161 counties across 15 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 161 counties across 15 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Burke 37023
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Iredell 37097
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Wake 37183
- Wilkes 37193
South Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Chesterfield 51041
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MACA9 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170514 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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