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Lepidium sativum L.
gardencress pepperweed

       
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Line Drawing of Lepidium sativum L.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 166. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Lepidium sativum L.

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Distribution:
Lepidium sativum L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CA, CO, CT, DE, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, UT, VA, VT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Lepidium sativum L.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 48 species in Lepidium
 

Classification:
Lepidium sativum L.

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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 sativum L. – gardencress pepperweed
 

Introduced Information:
Lepidium sativum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lepidium sativum L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22978.

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

 
 
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