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§1 Plant
Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC.
vernacular wand blackroot — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Pterocaulon
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 28 counties across 2 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 28 counties across 2 states/territories.
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Bastrop 48021
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brooks 48047
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Fayette 48149
- Harris 48201
- Houston 48225
- Jim Wells 48249
- Kenedy 48261
- Kleberg 48273
- Lavaca 48285
- Live Oak 48297
- Madison 48313
- Montgomery 48339
- Nueces 48355
- Panola 48365
- Refugio 48391
- San Jacinto 48407
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Wharton 48481
- Willacy 48489
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PTVI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5392236 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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