Index / Search / Microthlaspi perfoliatum
§1 Plant
Microthlaspi perfoliatum (L.) F.K. Mey.
vernacular claspleaf pennycress — species · Brassicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Brassicaceae Burnett
- Genus
- Microthlaspi
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 243 counties across 19 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 243 counties across 19 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 44 I ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Scott 21209
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Davidson 47037
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Hickman 47081
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Polk 47139
- Sevier 47155
- Sumner 47165
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 54 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MIPE8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7639623 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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