Index / Search / Pityopsis aspera
§1 Plant
Pityopsis aspera (Shuttlw. ex Small) Small
vernacular pineland silkgrass — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Pityopsis
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 136 counties across 6 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 136 counties across 6 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Bacon 13005
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Calhoun 13037
- Camden 13039
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clayton 13063
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dawson 13085
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Douglas 13097
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Grady 13131
- Gwinnett 13135
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Hancock 13141
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lamar 13171
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Lowndes 13185
- Lumpkin 13187
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- Marion 13197
- Meriwether 13199
- Montgomery 13209
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pickens 13227
- Rabun 13241
- Richmond 13245
- Rockdale 13247
- Seminole 13253
- Stewart 13259
- Sumter 13261
- Taylor 13269
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Upson 13293
- Warren 13301
- Wheeler 13309
- Wilcox 13315
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PIAS2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6444720 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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