Index / Search / Descurainia sophia
§1 Plant
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl
vernacular herb sophia — species · Brassicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Brassicaceae Burnett
- Genus
- Descurainia
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 701 counties across 44 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 701 counties across 44 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
California view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Butte 06007
- Colusa 06011
- Glenn 06021
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Tehama 06103
- Tulare 06107
- Ventura 06111
Colorado view state ↗ 40 I ▾
- Adams 08001
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Crowley 08025
- Custer 08027
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Park 08093
- Phillips 08095
- Prowers 08099
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Routt 08107
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Sedgwick 08115
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Ada 16001
- Bannock 16005
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Jefferson 16051
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
Illinois view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Livingston 17105
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Peoria 17143
- Schuyler 17169
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Will 17197
Indiana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 75 I ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Morton 20129
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
Kentucky view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 44 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
Nebraska view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Adams 31001
- Antelope 31003
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Dakota 31043
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Fillmore 31059
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Jefferson 31095
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Merrick 31121
- Nance 31125
- Nuckolls 31129
- Perkins 31135
- Polk 31143
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Thayer 31169
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- York 31185
Nevada view state ↗ 17 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 12 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 47 I ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Towner 38095
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Bennett 46007
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brown 46013
- Butte 46019
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Davison 46035
- Day 46037
- Dewey 46041
- Fall River 46047
- Faulk 46049
- Hughes 46065
- Hutchinson 46067
- Jerauld 46073
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- McCook 46087
- Mellette 46095
- Miner 46097
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Roberts 46109
- Sanborn 46111
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
- Ziebach 46137
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Bailey 48017
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Callahan 48059
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Dallam 48111
- Dawson 48115
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Donley 48129
- El Paso 48141
- Gray 48179
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Moore 48341
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Roberts 48393
- Sherman 48421
- Swisher 48437
- Yoakum 48501
Utah view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Vermont view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 18 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 21 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DESO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3044318 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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