Index / Search / Ruppia cirrhosa
§1 Plant
Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande
vernacular spiral ditchgrass — species · Ruppiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Ruppiaceae Horan.
- Genus
- Ruppia
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 106 counties across 19 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 106 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUCI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2863987 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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