Index / Search / Petunia axillaris
§1 Plant
Petunia axillaris (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
vernacular large white petunia — species · Solanaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Petunia
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 92 counties across 20 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 92 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Washington 22117
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEAX ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2928863 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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