Index / Search / Perilla frutescens var. frutescens
§1 Plant
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. frutescens
vernacular beefsteakplant — variety · Lamiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Perilla
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 272 counties across 21 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 272 counties across 21 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Fulton 21075
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Letcher 21133
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
Louisiana view state ↗ 46 I ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Michigan view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 66 I ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- 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
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 44 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Davidson 47037
- Dyer 47045
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Macon 47111
- Marshall 47117
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Williamson 47187
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEFRF2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5708990 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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