Taxon:  Amsonia tabernaemontana Walter



Summary
Genus:
Amsonia
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Vinceae
Nomen number:
406737
Place of publication:
Fl. carol. 98.  1788
Verified:
11/06/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
9 (9  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland
  4. Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
  5. Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle
  6. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1200.
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
  9. Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
  10. Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
  11. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
  12. Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio. Note: mentions
  13. Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
  14. Rhoads, A. F. & T. A. Block. 2000. The plants of Pennsylvannia. An illustrated manual
  15. Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
  16. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource). Note: recognizes two vars.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishTexas-star  1Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle
GermanTexas-Amsonie  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1200.
Swedishamsonia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahomae.Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndianas.Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDelaware Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMarylande.Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
2Cultivated    also cult.Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio. Note: mentions
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania Rhoads, A. F. & T. A. Block. 2000. The plants of Pennsylvannia. An illustrated manual
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana (s.)]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma (e.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (e.), Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Adventive
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Ohio]
Naturalized
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania]

Reference(s)
  1. Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland
  2. Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
  3. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  4. Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
  5. Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
  6. Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
  7. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
  8. Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio. Note: mentions
  9. Rhoads, A. F. & T. A. Block. 2000. The plants of Pennsylvannia. An illustrated manual
  10. Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1200.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=406737. Accessed 15 April 2026.