Index / Search / Spermolepis inermis
§1 Plant
Spermolepis inermis (Nutt. ex DC.) Mathias & Constance
vernacular Red River scaleseed — species · Apiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apiaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Spermolepis
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 231 counties across 16 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 231 counties across 16 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Louisiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Boone 29019
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Dade 29057
- Greene 29077
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Macon 29121
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Pike 29163
- Scott 29201
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
Nebraska view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Alfalfa 40003
- Blaine 40011
- Caddo 40015
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Cleveland 40027
- Coal 40029
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Delaware 40041
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Johnston 40069
- Kingfisher 40073
- Logan 40083
- Love 40085
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Payne 40119
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Pushmataha 40127
- Sequoyah 40135
- Tulsa 40143
- Wagoner 40145
- Woodward 40153
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Clay 48077
- Comal 48091
- Crockett 48105
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Dimmit 48127
- Edwards 48137
- Freestone 48161
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Grayson 48181
- Hamilton 48193
- Harris 48201
- Jackson 48239
- Jefferson 48245
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- Mason 48319
- McLennan 48309
- Nolan 48353
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Panola 48365
- Pecos 48371
- Reagan 48383
- Real 48385
- Robertson 48395
- Smith 48423
- Sutton 48435
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Williamson 48491
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SPIN ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5371849 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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