Index / Search / Aristolochia serpentaria
§1 Plant
Aristolochia serpentaria L.
vernacular Virginia snakeroot — species · Aristolochiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Aristolochia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 767 counties across 25 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 767 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Saline 05125
- Sevier 05133
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Brantley 13025
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Glascock 13125
- Greene 13133
- Gwinnett 13135
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Lowndes 13185
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Quitman 13239
- Stephens 13257
- Tift 13277
- Twiggs 13289
- Walker 13295
- Wilcox 13315
Illinois view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- DeKalb 18033
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lawrence 18093
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Scott 18143
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 75 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Magoffin 21153
- Martin 21159
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Webster 21233
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Michigan view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Calhoun 28013
- Clay 28025
- DeSoto 28033
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Hancock 28045
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Sharkey 28125
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 81 N ▾
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Lee 37105
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Stanly 37167
- Swain 37173
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Watauga 37189
- Yadkin 37197
Ohio view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Carroll 39019
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Licking 39089
- Meigs 39105
- Portage 39133
- Putnam 39137
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Somerset 42111
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Colleton 45029
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Cocke 47029
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Grundy 47061
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Pendleton 54071
- Preston 54077
- Ritchie 54085
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARSE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3588874 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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