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§1 Plant
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
vernacular watercress — species · Brassicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Brassicaceae Burnett
- Genus
- Nasturtium
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 1,054 counties across 46 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 1,054 counties across 46 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 21 I ▾
California view state ↗ 48 I ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Alpine 06003
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Tulare 06107
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Weld 08123
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Ada 16001
- Bannock 16005
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Fremont 16043
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Owyhee 16073
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
Illinois view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DuPage 17043
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Putnam 17155
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Warren 17187
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 44 I ▾
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Decatur 18031
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
Iowa view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 48 I ▾
- Allen 20001
- Barber 20007
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Geary 20061
- Graham 20065
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Meade 20119
- Montgomery 20125
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ottawa 20143
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Wilson 20205
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 21 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 51 I ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 22 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 53 I ▾
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Platte 29165
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Shannon 29203
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
Montana view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Granite 30039
- Jefferson 30043
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Sanders 30089
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 17 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Madison 39097
- Miami 39109
- Montgomery 39113
- Ottawa 39123
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
Oklahoma view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Canadian 40017
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Delaware 40041
- Ellis 40045
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Harper 40059
- Johnston 40069
- Love 40085
- Mayes 40097
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Ottawa 40115
- Payne 40119
- Roger Mills 40129
- Washington 40147
Oregon view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Douglas 41019
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Lincoln 41041
- Linn 41043
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Multnomah 41051
- Polk 41053
- Sherman 41055
- Tillamook 41057
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Wheeler 41069
- Yamhill 41071
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 51 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 44 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Perry 47135
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Brewster 48043
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Collingsworth 48087
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Johnson 48251
- Kendall 48259
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- McLennan 48309
- Menard 48327
- Pecos 48371
- Polk 48373
- Presidio 48377
- Real 48385
- San Saba 48411
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Williamson 48491
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 ↗ 7 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 50 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Clarke 51043
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Asotin 53003
- Benton 53005
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Grant 53025
- King 53033
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Okanogan 53047
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
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