Index / Search / Phyllanthus polygonoides
§1 Plant
Phyllanthus polygonoides Nutt. ex Spreng.
vernacular smartweed leaf-flower — species · Euphorbiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Phyllanthus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 108 counties across 7 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 108 counties across 7 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 91 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Coleman 48083
- Collin 48085
- Comal 48091
- Cooke 48097
- Coryell 48099
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- DeWitt 48123
- Dimmit 48127
- Duval 48131
- Eastland 48133
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hamilton 48193
- Hays 48209
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hudspeth 48229
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Jones 48253
- Karnes 48255
- Kendall 48259
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- La Salle 48283
- Lampasas 48281
- Lavaca 48285
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Mason 48319
- Maverick 48323
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Mills 48333
- Montgomery 48339
- Nueces 48355
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Real 48385
- Refugio 48391
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Sterling 48431
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Wise 48497
- Zapata 48505
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHPO3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5382613 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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