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§1 Plant

Mitreola petiolata (J.F. Gmel.) Torr. & A. Gray

vernacular lax hornpod — species · Loganiaceae


USDA
MIPE3
GBIF
5414382
Rank
species
lax hornpod (Mitreola petiolata)
Platephotograph · BJ Stacey source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Loganiaceae R. Br. ex Mart.
Genus
Mitreola
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 268 counties across 12 states/territories
Legend Native · 268 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 268 counties across 12 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 10 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 N
Florida view state ↗ 62 N
Georgia view state ↗ 26 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 53 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 N
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 14 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 16 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 10 N
Texas view state ↗ 44 N
Virginia view state ↗ 6 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/MIPE3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5414382 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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