PLANTS Profile for Lepidium montanum var. alpinum (alpine pepperweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. alpinum S. Watson
alpine pepperweed

Symbol:

LEMOA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. alpinum S. Watson

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


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Related Taxa:
Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. alpinum S. Watson

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 48 species in Lepidium, 12 varieties in Lepidium montanum Nutt.

Classification:
Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. alpinum S. Watson

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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
Variety	Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. alpinum S. Watson – alpine 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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. var. alpinum S. Watson

Lepidium montanum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW?

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. alpinum S. Watson

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528728.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 10:06 PM CDT