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§1 Plant
Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh
vernacular cankerweed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Prenanthes
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 301 counties across 20 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 301 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
Ohio view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Greenville 45045
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Pickens 45077
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRSE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3090775 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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