Index / Search / Prenanthes aspera
§1 Plant
Prenanthes aspera Michx.
vernacular rough rattlesnakeroot — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Prenanthes
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 228 counties across 16 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 228 counties across 16 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Richland 17159
- Shelby 17173
- Stark 17175
- Wabash 17185
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ottawa 20143
- Pratt 20151
- Riley 20161
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Callaway 29027
- Carroll 29033
- Cedar 29039
- Clark 29045
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Henry 29083
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Miller 29131
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Francois 29187
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Webster 29225
Nebraska view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRAS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5403831 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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