Index / Search / Polanisia jamesii
§1 Plant
Polanisia jamesii (Torr. & A. Gray) Iltis
vernacular James' clammyweed — species · Capparaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Capparaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Polanisia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 89 counties across 12 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 89 counties across 12 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Clark 20025
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Edwards 20047
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Morton 20129
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Rooks 20163
- Sedgwick 20173
- Stafford 20185
- Stevens 20189
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POJA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3054265 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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