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§1 Plant
Petiveria alliacea L.
vernacular guinea henweed — species · Phytolaccaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Phytolaccaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Petiveria
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- NAV Navassa Island Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 14 counties across 2 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 14 counties across 2 states/territories.
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEAL7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3084012 ↗Record version
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