Lepidium
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Lepidium is a genus of plants in the mustard family Brassicaceae
. It includes about 175 species found worldwide, including cress and pepperweed; additional common name
s include peppercress, peppergrass, and pepperwort. Some species form tumbleweed
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Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae, a medium sized and economically important family of flowering plants , are informally known as the mustards, mustard flowers, the crucifers or the cabbage family....
. It includes about 175 species found worldwide, including cress and pepperweed; additional common name
Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
s include peppercress, peppergrass, and pepperwort. Some species form tumbleweed
Tumbleweed
A tumbleweed is the above-ground part of a plant that, once mature and dry, disengages from the root and tumbles away in the wind. Usually, the tumbleweed is the entire plant apart from the roots, but in a few species it is a flower cluster. The tumbleweed habit is most common in steppe and desert...
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Species
- Lepidium africanum
- Lepidium amelum
- Lepidium arbusculaLepidium arbusculaLepidium arbuscula is a rare species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names `anaunau and Waianae Range pepperwort. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the Waianae Mountains on the island of Oahu. In 2003 there were ten populations remaining with fewer...
- Lepidium barnebyanumLepidium barnebyanumLepidium barnebyanum is a rare species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names Barneby's pepperweed, Barneby's pepper-grass, and Barneby's ridge-cress. It is endemic to Utah, where there is a single population in Duchesne County...
- Lepidium biplicatum
- Lepidium bonariense - Peppercress
- Lepidium campestreLepidium campestreLepidium campestre is an annual plant in the Brassicaceae or mustard family, native to Europe, but commonly found in North America as an invasive weed. The most notable characteristic of field pepperweed is the raceme of flowers which forks off of the stem...
- Field Pepperwort or Field Cress - Lepidium catapycnon
- Lepidium densiflorumLepidium densiflorumLepidium densiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names common pepperweed and prairie peppergrass. It is a common and widespread plant in North America, where it grows in many habitats across Canada and the United States...
- Common Pepperweed - Lepidium desvauxii - Bushy Peppercress
- Lepidium dictyotumLepidium dictyotumLepidium dictyotum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names alkali pepperweed and alkali pepperwort. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in dry saline and alkaline soils, such as dry lakebeds.-Description:This is a hairy annual herb...
- Lepidium didymum
- Lepidium draba - Hoary Cress
- Lepidium drummondii
- Lepidium echinatum
- Lepidium ecuadorienseLepidium ecuadorienseLepidium ecuadoriense is a species of flowering plant in the Brassicaceae family.It is found only in Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
- Lepidium englerianum
- Lepidium fasciculatum - Bundled Peppercress
- Lepidium flavumLepidium flavumLepidium flavum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name yellow pepperweed. It is native to California, Nevada, and Baja California, where it grows in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts.-Description:...
- Lepidium flexicaule
- Lepidium foliosum - Leafy Peppercress
- Lepidium fremontiiLepidium fremontiiLepidium fremontii is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family which is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows on sandy desert flats and the rocky slopes of nearby hills and mountains. It takes its scientific name from John C. Frémont.-Description:L...
- Desert Pepperweed - Lepidium genistoides
- Lepidium ginninderrense
- Lepidium graminifolium
- Lepidium howei-insulae
- Lepidium hypenantion
- Lepidium hyssopifolium
- Lepidium heterophyllum - Smith's Pepperwort
- Lepidium jarediiLepidium jarediiLepidium jaredii is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name Jared's pepperweed. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the San Joaquin Valley to just within the central Coast Ranges.-Description:...
- Jared's Pepperweed - Lepidium latifolium - Pepperweed or Dittander
- Lepidium latipesLepidium latipesLepidium latipes is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name San Diego pepperweed. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in alkaline soils in a number of habitat types.-Description:...
- Lepidium lyratogynum
- Lepidium merrallii
- Lepidium meyeniiLepidium meyeniiLepidium meyenii, known commonly as maca, is an herbaceous biennial plant or annual plant native to the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia. It is grown for its fleshy hypocotyl , which is used as a root vegetable and a medicinal herb...
- Maca - Lepidium monoplocoides - Winged Peppercress
- Lepidium montanumLepidium montanumLepidium montanum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name mountain pepperweed. It is native to western North America from Oregon to Montana to northern Mexico, where it can be found in a number of habitats, often on salty or gravelly soils...
- Western Pepperweed, Mountain Pepperweed - Lepidium nitidumLepidium nitidumLepidium nitidum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name shining pepperweed. It is native to western North America from Washington to Baja California, and it may be found elsewhere as an introduced species...
- Shining Pepperweed - Lepidium oblongumLepidium oblongumLepidium oblongum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name veiny pepperweed. It is native to much of the southwestern quadrant of North America, from Kansas to Oregon to Mexico. It is present as an introduced species in Hawaii...
- Lepidium oxycarpumLepidium oxycarpumLepidium oxycarpum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names forked pepperweed and sharp-fruited pepperweed. It is native to California, and it has been reported in British Columbia and one area in Washington...
- Forked Pepperweed - Lepidium oxytrichum
- Lepidium papilliferumLepidium papilliferumLepidium papilliferum is a rare species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names Idaho pepperweed and slickspot peppergrass. It is endemic to Idaho in the United States, where it is mostly limited to a specific habitat type in the southwestern part of the state...
- Slickspot peppergrass - Lepidium papillosum - Warty Peppercress
- Lepidium pedicellosum
- Lepidium peregrinum
- Lepidium perfoliatumLepidium perfoliatumLepidium perfoliatum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name clasping pepperweed. It is native to Europe and Asia and it can be found in other parts of the world as an introduced species....
- Lepidium phlebopetalum
- Lepidium pholidogynum
- Lepidium pinnatifidumLepidium pinnatifidumLepidium pinnatifidum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known in English by the common name featherleaf pepperweed.-Origin:...
- Lepidium platypetalum - Slender Peppercress
- Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium
- Lepidium pseudoruderale
- Lepidium pseudotasmanicum
- Lepidium puberulumLepidium puberulumLepidium puberulum is an annual herb in the Brassicaceae family, endemic to the west coast of Western Australia. The species has white or green flowers that appear from July to November in its native range.-References:...
- Lepidium quitenseLepidium quitenseLepidium quitense is a species of flowering plant in the Brassicaceae family.It occurs only in Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
- Lepidium rotundum - Veined Peppercress
- Lepidium ruderale - Narrow-leaved Pepperwort
- Lepidium oleraceumLepidium oleraceumLepidium oleraceum is a herb in the Brassicaceae family, endemic to New Zealand. Its English common name is Cook's Scurvy Grass; Māori names include Heketara, Nau and Ngau.-Taxonomy:There are three recognised varieties:...
- Cook's Scurvy grass (near extinct) - Lepidium sagittulatum
- Lepidium scandens
- Lepidium squamatum
- Lepidium strictum
- Lepidium sativum - Garden Cress
- Lepidium thurberi - Thurber's Peppergrass or Thurber's Pepperweed
- Lepidium virginicumLepidium virginicumLepidium virginicum, also known as Virginia pepperweed or peppergrass, is an annual or biennial plant in the Brassicaceae or mustard family. It is native to much of North America, including most of the United States and Mexico and southern regions of Canada, as well as most of Central America...
- Virginian Peppercress - Lepidium xylodes
External links
- Species Profile- Hairy Whitetop (Lepidium appelianum), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural LibraryUnited States National Agricultural LibraryThe United States National Agricultural Library is one of the world's largest agricultural research libraries, and serves as a National Library of the United States and as the library of the United States Department of Agriculture...
. Lists general information and resources for Hairy Whitetop.