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§1 Plant
Achlys triphylla (Sm.) DC.
vernacular sweet after death — species · Berberidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Berberidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Achlys
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 48 counties across 3 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 48 counties across 3 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Pacific 53049
- Pierce 53053
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Whatcom 53073
- Yakima 53077
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ACTR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5371714 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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