Index / Search / Ponthieva racemosa
§1 Plant
Ponthieva racemosa (Walter) C. Mohr
vernacular hairy shadow witch — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Ponthieva
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 80 counties across 10 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 80 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Duval 12031
- Gadsden 12039
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PORA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2784534 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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