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§1 Plant
Prenanthes barbata (Torr. & A. Gray) Milstead
vernacular barbed 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 34 counties across 7 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 34 counties across 7 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 10 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRBA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4215404 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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