Index / Search / Pityopsis graminifolia
§1 Plant
Pityopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Nutt.
vernacular narrowleaf 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
· 391 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 240 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.8 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 375,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 391 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Calhoun 01015
- Cherokee 01019
- Covington 01039
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lawrence 01079
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Pickens 01107
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sevier 05133
- Union 05139
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Calhoun 13037
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clinch 13065
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Fulton 13121
- Glynn 13127
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Polk 13233
- Rabun 13241
- Seminole 13253
- Terrell 13273
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Walker 13295
- Ware 13299
- Whitfield 13313
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Leake 28079
- Lincoln 28085
- Lowndes 28087
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
North Carolina view state ↗ 82 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Brunswick 51025
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Gloucester 51073
- Hanover 51085
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lee 51105
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PIGR4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3094306 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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