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§1 Plant

Goodyera oblongifolia Raf.

vernacular western rattlesnake plantain — species · Orchidaceae


USDA
GOOB2
GBIF
2840754
Rank
species
western rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia)
Platephotograph · Asa SpadeCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Goodyera
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 196 counties across 15 states/territories
Legend Native · 196 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 196 counties across 15 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 3 N
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N
California view state ↗ 30 N
Colorado view state ↗ 18 N
Idaho view state ↗ 14 N
Maine view state ↗ 2 N
Michigan view state ↗ 20 N
Montana view state ↗ 8 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 13 N
Oregon view state ↗ 29 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N
Utah view state ↗ 12 N
Washington view state ↗ 26 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 5 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 9 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/GOOB2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/2840754 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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