Trautvetteria caroliniensis(Walter) Vail

Carolina bugbane

WFO wfo-0001129479 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trautvetteria caroliniensis, photographed by Clay Gibbons
fig. a Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205885894
Trautvetteria caroliniensis, photographed by humon
fig. b humon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201773419
Trautvetteria caroliniensis, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. c Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197112600
Trautvetteria caroliniensis, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. d Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197109849
Trautvetteria caroliniensis, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. e Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192669591
Trautvetteria caroliniensis, photographed by Alby Penney
fig. f Alby Penney, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161639671
Trautvetteria caroliniensis, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. g Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150345861
Trautvetteria caroliniensis, photographed by Tom Field
fig. h Tom Field, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159011777

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Trautvetteria caroliniensis is native: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming AlabamaArizonaArkansasBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaIdahoIllinoisKentuckyMarylandMississippiMissouriMontanaNew MexicoNorth CarolinaOregonPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasUtahVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWyoming
Native distribution of Trautvetteria caroliniensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arizona ARI
Arkansas ARK
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Georgia GEO
Idaho IDA
Illinois ILL
Kentucky KTY
Maryland MRY
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
Montana MNT
New Mexico NWM
North Carolina NCA
Oregon ORE
Pennsylvania PEN
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Utah UTA
Virginia VRG
Washington WAS
West Virginia WVA
Wyoming WYO

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Hydrastis caroliniensis Walter
  • Trautvetteria applanta Greene
  • Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
  • Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. coriacea (Huth) K.C.Davis
  • Trautvetteria fimbriata Greene
  • Trautvetteria grandis Nutt.
  • Trautvetteria media Greene
  • Trautvetteria nervata Greene
  • Trautvetteria palmata var. coriacea Huth
  • Trautvetteria rotundata Greene
  • Trautvetteria saniculifolia Greene

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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