PLANTS Profile for Lepidium virginicum var. menziesii (Menzies' pepperweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc.
Menzies' pepperweed

Symbol:

LEVIM2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc.

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Synonyms:
Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc.

LEME4

Lepidium menziesii DC.

Distribution:
Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc.


View Native Status

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

Related Taxa:
Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 48 species in Lepidium, 5 varieties in Lepidium virginicum L.

Classification:
Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc.

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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 virginicum L. – Virginia pepperweed
Variety	Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc. – Menzies' pepperweed

U.S. Weed Information:
Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc.

Lepidium virginicum
Virginia pepperweed
Virginian peppercress
peppergrass
poorman's pepper

The related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc.

Lepidium virginicum:

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

UPL,FAC-

FACU-

FACU

FACU-

FACU

FAC-

UPL*

FACU

UPL

FACU

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528739.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 11:36 PM CDT