Index / Search / Obolaria virginica
§1 Plant
Obolaria virginica L.
vernacular Virginia pennywort — species · Gentianaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Gentianaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Obolaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 378 counties across 21 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 378 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- McDowell 37111
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Surry 37171
- Wake 37183
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Clermont 39025
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Fairfield 39045
- Gallia 39053
- Hamilton 39061
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Lorain 39093
- Meigs 39105
- Muskingum 39119
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hancock 47067
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Marion 47115
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Gloucester 51073
- Greene 51079
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Surry 51181
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Boone 54005
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Kanawha 54039
- Lincoln 54043
- McDowell 54047
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OBVI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5414495 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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