Index / Search / Tephrosia virginiana
§1 Plant
Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.
vernacular Virginia tephrosia — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Tephrosia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 1,076 counties across 32 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 1,076 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Cross 05037
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Bleckley 13023
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Clarke 13059
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Dooly 13093
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Gilmer 13123
- Glascock 13125
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Hancock 13141
- Harris 13145
- Houston 13153
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Long 13183
- Lumpkin 13187
- Meriwether 13199
- Murray 13213
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pickens 13227
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Sumter 13261
- Taylor 13269
- Telfair 13271
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Turner 13287
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Walton 13297
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
- Wheeler 13309
- White 13311
- Wilkinson 13319
Illinois view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fulton 18049
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Newton 18111
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Pulaski 18131
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Union 18161
- Vigo 18167
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Greenup 21089
- Hancock 21091
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Carroll 28015
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Grenada 28043
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
Missouri view state ↗ 87 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- 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
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 21 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Fairfield 39045
- Fulton 39051
- Hamilton 39061
- Henry 39069
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Licking 39089
- Lucas 39095
- Meigs 39105
- Muskingum 39119
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Atoka 40005
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Delaware 40041
- Grady 40051
- Haskell 40061
- Hughes 40063
- Johnston 40069
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Love 40085
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Okfuskee 40107
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Ottawa 40115
- Pawnee 40117
- Payne 40119
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Roger Mills 40129
- Rogers 40131
- Seminole 40133
- Sequoyah 40135
- Stephens 40137
- Tulsa 40143
- Wagoner 40145
- Washington 40147
- Woodward 40153
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bailey 48017
- Bastrop 48021
- Bowie 48037
- Caldwell 48055
- Callahan 48059
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Collingsworth 48087
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Dickens 48125
- Eastland 48133
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Freestone 48161
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Hardin 48199
- Hemphill 48211
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Lamar 48277
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Montague 48337
- Morris 48343
- Newton 48351
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Tarrant 48439
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Wheeler 48483
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
- Wise 48497
- Wood 48499
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 80 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- 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
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- 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
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Kanawha 54039
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pleasants 54073
- Preston 54077
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tyler 54095
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
Wisconsin view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Buffalo 55011
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Portage 55097
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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