Index / Search / Stenaria nigricans
§1 Plant
Stenaria nigricans (Lam.) Terrell
vernacular diamond-flowers — species · Rubiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Stenaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 534 counties across 20 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 534 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Conway 05029
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Colorado view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Collier 12021
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Osceola 12097
- Pinellas 12103
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 84 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Barry 29009
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Alfalfa 40003
- Atoka 40005
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Creek 40037
- Custer 40039
- Delaware 40041
- Dewey 40043
- Ellis 40045
- Garfield 40047
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Harmon 40057
- Haskell 40061
- Hughes 40063
- Jefferson 40067
- Johnston 40069
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Kiowa 40075
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Logan 40083
- Love 40085
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Okfuskee 40107
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Pushmataha 40127
- Roger Mills 40129
- Rogers 40131
- Seminole 40133
- Sequoyah 40135
- Stephens 40137
- Texas 40139
- Tulsa 40143
- Wagoner 40145
- Washington 40147
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
Tennessee view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 145 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Armstrong 48011
- Austin 48015
- Bailey 48017
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Bosque 48035
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Calhoun 48057
- Callahan 48059
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Chambers 48071
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Coleman 48083
- Collin 48085
- Comal 48091
- Concho 48095
- Cooke 48097
- Coryell 48099
- Cottle 48101
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Delta 48119
- Denton 48121
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Eastland 48133
- Edwards 48137
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Floyd 48153
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hamilton 48193
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Hartley 48205
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Houston 48225
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hunt 48231
- Hutchinson 48233
- Irion 48235
- Jackson 48239
- Jasper 48241
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Jones 48253
- Kendall 48259
- Kenedy 48261
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- La Salle 48283
- Lamb 48279
- Lampasas 48281
- Lavaca 48285
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Lipscomb 48295
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- Marion 48315
- Martin 48317
- Mason 48319
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Mills 48333
- Montague 48337
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Navarro 48349
- Newton 48351
- Nueces 48355
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Pecos 48371
- Polk 48373
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Real 48385
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- Rockwall 48397
- Runnels 48399
- Sabine 48403
- San Patricio 48409
- Schleicher 48413
- Shackelford 48417
- Shelby 48419
- Smith 48423
- Somervell 48425
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Tyler 48457
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Williamson 48491
- Wise 48497
- Wood 48499
- Young 48503
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/STNI6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2909424 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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