Onosmodium virginianum, common names gravel-weed, wild Job's tears, false gromwell, and Virginia false-gromwell is perennial plant native to the eastern United States.
Distribution and habitat O. virginianum's range stretches from Louisiana to Florida, and northwards to New York and Massachusetts.Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
This species has been observed in environments with dry, loamy soil, such as that found in sandhill and longleaf pine communities.Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: M. Davis, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Rodie White, R. A. Norris, and Loran C. Anderson. States and Counties: Florida: Jackson, Leon, and Wakulla. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.
Conservation status It is endangered in Connecticut,"Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 31 December 2017.(Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.) Maryland, New Jersey, New York (state), extirpated in Pennsylvania, and as historical in Rhode Island.
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