Plants Profile for Cardaria pubescens (hairy whitetop)

General Information
Symbol:	CAPU6
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Brassicaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN I L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CAPUE	Cardaria pubescens (C.A. Mey.) Jarmolenko var. elongata Rollins
HYPU5	Hymenophysa pubescens C.A. Mey.
LEAP7	Lepidium appelianum Al-Shehbaz

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae ⁄ Cruciferae – Mustard family
Genus	Cardaria Desv. – whitetop
Species	Cardaria pubescens (C.A. Mey.) Jarmolenko – hairy whitetop

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Alaska whitetop Noxious weed
Arizona hairy whitetop Prohibited noxious weed
California lens podded hoarycress B list (noxious weeds)
Hawaii hairy whitetop Noxious weed
Oregon hairy whitetop "B" designated weed hairy whitetop Quarantine
Washington hairy whitetop Class C noxious weed
Wyoming hoary cress, whitetop Noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Cardaria pubescens hairy whitetop whitetop This plant 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.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Synonyms

LEAP7 Lepidium appelianum Al-Shehbaz

North America
Arid West	UPL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FAC
Great Plains	FAC
Midwest	UPL
Northcentral & Northeast	UPL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU