Index / Search / Perilla frutescens var. crispa
§1 Plant
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. crispa (Benth.) Deane
vernacular beefsteakplant — variety · Lamiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Perilla
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 26 counties across 5 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 26 counties across 5 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 3 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEFRC2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7905147 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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