Index / Search / Scleranthus annuus
§1 Plant
Scleranthus annuus L.
vernacular German knotgrass — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Scleranthus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 329 counties across 29 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 329 counties across 29 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Livingston 26093
- Mason 26105
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Seneca 36099
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Granville 37077
- Halifax 37083
- Haywood 37087
- Lee 37105
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
Ohio view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Wayne 42127
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 63 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCAN2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3085894 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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