Index / Search / Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
§1 Plant
Pityopsis aspera (Shuttlw. ex Small) Small var. adenolepis (Fernald) Semple & F.D. Bowers
vernacular Carolina silkgrass — variety · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Pityopsis
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 58 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 58 counties across 6 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 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/PIASA ↗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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