Index / Search / Piptochaetium avenaceum
§1 Plant
Piptochaetium avenaceum (L.) Parodi
vernacular blackseed speargrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Piptochaetium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 390 counties across 21 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 390 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Gadsden 12039
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Santa Rosa 12113
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Burke 13033
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Early 13099
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Gordon 13129
- Hall 13139
- Hancock 13141
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Jackson 13157
- Johnson 13167
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lincoln 13181
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Putnam 13237
- Rabun 13241
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Walton 13297
- Warren 13301
- Whitfield 13313
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Darlington 45031
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Hampton 45049
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Marion 45067
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
Virginia view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PIAV ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2702469 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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