Index / Search / Spiranthes vernalis
§1 Plant
Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & A. Gray
vernacular spring lady's tresses — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Spiranthes
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 614 counties across 30 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 614 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lincoln 05079
- Madison 05087
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Sebastian 05131
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Barrow 13013
- Ben Hill 13017
- Calhoun 13037
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Douglas 13097
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Gwinnett 13135
- Hancock 13141
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Toombs 13279
- Union 13291
- Wayne 13305
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Riley 20161
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Clay 28025
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Harrison 28047
- Itawamba 28057
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Washington 28151
- Webster 28155
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hyde 37095
- Jones 37103
- Martin 37117
- Nash 37127
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
Ohio view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Atoka 40005
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Choctaw 40023
- Cleveland 40027
- Coal 40029
- Comanche 40031
- Craig 40035
- Creek 40037
- Delaware 40041
- Garvin 40049
- Grady 40051
- Harper 40059
- Haskell 40061
- Hughes 40063
- Johnston 40069
- Kay 40071
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Lincoln 40081
- Logan 40083
- Love 40085
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- McIntosh 40091
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Noble 40103
- Nowata 40105
- Okfuskee 40107
- Oklahoma 40109
- Okmulgee 40111
- Osage 40113
- Ottawa 40115
- Pawnee 40117
- Payne 40119
- Pittsburg 40121
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Pushmataha 40127
- Rogers 40131
- Seminole 40133
- Sequoyah 40135
- Stephens 40137
- Tulsa 40143
- Wagoner 40145
- Washington 40147
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Austin 48015
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Cherokee 48073
- Cooke 48097
- Dallas 48113
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Hemphill 48211
- Hopkins 48223
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Kenedy 48261
- Kleberg 48273
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Madison 48313
- Mason 48319
- Matagorda 48321
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Nueces 48355
- Panola 48365
- Polk 48373
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Patricio 48409
- Shelby 48419
- Titus 48449
- Tyler 48457
- Van Zandt 48467
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
Virginia view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Bath 51017
- Buchanan 51027
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Scott 51169
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SPVE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2805347 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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