PLANTS Profile for Lepidium montanum (mountain pepperweed)

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Lepidium montanum Nutt.
mountain pepperweed

Symbol:

LEMO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Lepidium montanum Nutt.

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Distribution:
Lepidium montanum Nutt.


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Lepidium montanum Nutt.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 48 species in Lepidium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. alpinum S. Watson. .

Lepidium montanum var. alpinum
alpine pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. canescens (Thell.) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Lepidium montanum var. canescens
mountain pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. cinereum (C.L. Hitchc.) Rollins. .

Lepidium montanum var. cinereum
mountain pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. claronense S.L. Welsh. .

Lepidium montanum var. claronense
mountain pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. coloradense Rollins. .

Lepidium montanum var. coloradense
mountain pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. glabrum C.L. Hitchc.. .

Lepidium montanum var. glabrum
mountain pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. jonesii (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Lepidium montanum var. jonesii
Jones' pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. montanum. .

Lepidium montanum var. montanum
mountain pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. neeseae S.L. Welsh & Reveal. .

Lepidium montanum var. neeseae
Elizabeth's pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. nevadense Rollins. .

Lepidium montanum var. nevadense
mountain pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. tenellum (L.O. Williams) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Lepidium montanum var. tenellum
mountain pepperweed

Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. wyomingense (C.L. Hitchc.) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Lepidium montanum var. wyomingense
mountain pepperweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lepidium montanum Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Lepidium L. – pepperweed
Species	Lepidium montanum Nutt. – mountain pepperweed

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Lepidium montanum Nutt.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW?

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lepidium montanum Nutt.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503381.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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