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§1 Plant

Tournefortia volubilis L.

vernacular twining soldierbush — species · Boraginaceae

USDA
TOVO
GBIF
2925835 syn.
Rank
species
twining soldierbush (Tournefortia volubilis)
Platephotograph · Alfredo Dorantes Euan source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Vine
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Boraginaceae Juss.
Genus
Tournefortia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • NAV Navassa Island Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 7 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 7 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 7 counties across 2 states/territories.

Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/TOVO ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2925835 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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