Index / Search / Oxypolis rigidior
§1 Plant
Oxypolis rigidior (L.) Raf.
vernacular stiff cowbane — species · Apiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apiaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Oxypolis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 604 counties across 28 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 604 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Rock Island 17161
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Decatur 18031
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Hamilton 18057
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Linn 29115
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Caldwell 37027
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Dare 37055
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pender 37141
- Polk 37149
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Miami 39109
- Montgomery 39113
- Ottawa 39123
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Vinton 39163
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 17 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Johnson 47091
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 80 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Brown 55009
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Ozaukee 55089
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- Trempealeau 55121
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OXRI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3034755 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T10:50:45Z