Index / Search / Prenanthes racemosa
§1 Plant
Prenanthes racemosa Michx.
vernacular purple 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
· 221 counties across 17 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 221 counties across 17 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Stark 17175
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alpena 26007
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Emmet 26047
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Oakland 26125
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Sibley 27143
- Stearns 27145
- Stevens 27149
- Traverse 27155
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRRA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3140510 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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