Index / Search / Phemeranthus aurantiacus
§1 Plant
Phemeranthus aurantiacus (Engelm.) Kiger
vernacular orange fameflower — species · Portulacaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Portulacaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Phemeranthus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 54 counties across 3 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 54 counties across 3 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Armstrong 48011
- Bexar 48029
- Brewster 48043
- Burnet 48053
- Cameron 48061
- Coleman 48083
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Duval 48131
- Edwards 48137
- Ellis 48139
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Hays 48209
- Hidalgo 48215
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Kerr 48265
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- Llano 48299
- McMullen 48311
- Midland 48329
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Starr 48427
- Stephens 48429
- Sutton 48435
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Webb 48479
- Willacy 48489
- Zapata 48505
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHAU13 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4022629 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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