Index / Search / Cerastium brachypodum
§1 Plant
Cerastium brachypodum (Engelm. ex A. Gray) B.L. Rob.
vernacular shortstalk chickweed — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cerastium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 342 counties across 25 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 342 counties across 25 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- DeKalb 17037
- Edwards 17047
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- McLean 17113
- Monroe 17133
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Rock Island 17161
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Grant 20067
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Lyon 20111
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Blaine 40011
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Cherokee 40021
- Choctaw 40023
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Creek 40037
- Delaware 40041
- Garfield 40047
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Kingfisher 40073
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Lincoln 40081
- Logan 40083
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Oklahoma 40109
- Pawnee 40117
- Payne 40119
- Pittsburg 40121
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Rogers 40131
- Tulsa 40143
- Wagoner 40145
- Washington 40147
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Callahan 48059
- Carson 48065
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Erath 48143
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Hays 48209
- Henderson 48213
- Kaufman 48257
- Kendall 48259
- Lamar 48277
- Lavaca 48285
- Limestone 48293
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Robertson 48395
- San Saba 48411
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Victoria 48469
- Wichita 48485
Virginia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CEBR3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3085466 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T10:50:45Z