Index / Search / Goodyera pubescens
§1 Plant
Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br.
vernacular downy rattlesnake plantain — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Goodyera
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 708 counties across 31 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 708 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Carroll 17015
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Cumberland 17035
- DuPage 17043
- Gallatin 17059
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Livingston 17105
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Schuyler 17169
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Fountain 18045
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Steuben 18151
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Maine view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Saginaw 26145
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamblen 47063
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Madison 47113
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 99 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Braxton 54007
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marathon 55073
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GOPU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2840768 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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