Wildflower (forb) · Chenopodiaceae
Nuttall's povertyweed
Monolepis nuttalliana
Nuttall's povertyweed is recorded as native to 19 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 406 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Nuttall's povertyweed at a glance
- Native in
- 406 counties, across 19 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 12a PLANTS minimum temperature 47°F
- Mature height
- 10 in PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Full sun (shade-intolerant) Medium water use
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 12a. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of 47°F; zone 12a winters bottom out at 50°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
Nuttall's povertyweed is recorded as native to 19 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 406 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 406 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- Alaska 5 counties
- Arizona 10 counties
- California 32 counties
- Colorado 30 counties
- Idaho 23 counties
- Kansas 49 counties
- Minnesota 2 counties
- Montana 37 counties
- Nebraska 12 counties
- Nevada 16 counties
- New Mexico 7 counties
- North Dakota 32 counties
- Oklahoma 15 counties
- Oregon 14 counties
- South Dakota 8 counties
- Texas 54 counties
- Utah 29 counties
- Washington 11 counties
- Wyoming 20 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record. “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Mature height
- 10 in
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Shape
- Decumbent
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Active growth period
- Spring and Summer
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Intolerant (full sun (shade-intolerant))
- Moisture use
- Medium water use
- Drought tolerance
- Medium
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- Medium
- Precipitation range
- 8 to 24 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Medium and fine
- pH range
- 6.5 to 9
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- High
- Salinity tolerance
- High
- Fertility requirement
- Low
- Minimum root depth
- 6 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- 47°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 12a and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 140
- Fire tolerance
- Low
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- Green
- Showy flowers
- No
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Foliage color
- Dark Green
- Showy in fall
- No
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- Brown
Other
- Toxicity
- None
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- No Known Source
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- PLANTS symbol
- MONU
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Monolepis nuttalliana (PLANTS symbol MONU).
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources