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§1 Plant
Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench
vernacular giantchickweed — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Myosoton
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 237 counties across 20 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 237 counties across 20 states/territories.
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Chisago 27025
- Dakota 27037
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 20 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashtabula 39007
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Champaign 39021
- Clermont 39025
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Fairfield 39045
- Fulton 39051
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Meigs 39105
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- McKean 42083
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- York 42133
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 19 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MYAQ ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384501 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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