Index / Search / Mecardonia acuminata
§1 Plant
Mecardonia acuminata (Walter) Small
vernacular axilflower — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Mecardonia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 357 counties across 18 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 357 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Little River 05081
- Miller 05091
- Nevada 05099
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Union 05139
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Calhoun 13037
- Catoosa 13047
- Charlton 13049
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Gordon 13129
- Grady 13131
- Hancock 13141
- Hart 13147
- Heard 13149
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jones 13169
- Long 13183
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Newton 13217
- Seminole 13253
- Walker 13295
- Whitfield 13313
- Wilkes 13317
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Clarke 28023
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lowndes 28087
- Madison 28089
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Cabarrus 37025
- Chatham 37037
- Columbus 37047
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Union 37179
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Bradley 47011
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Humphreys 47085
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Macon 47111
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sequatchie 47153
- Shelby 47157
- Warren 47177
- Weakley 47183
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Amelia 51007
- Brunswick 51025
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MEAC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3172019 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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