Plants Profile for Lepidium latifolium (broadleaved pepperweed)

General Information
Symbol:	LELA2
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
CALA80	Cardaria latifolia (L.) Spach

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	Lepidium L. – pepperweed
Species	Lepidium latifolium L. – broadleaved pepperweed

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
California perennial peppercress B list (noxious weeds)
Colorado perennial pepperweed B list (noxious weeds)
Connecticut perennial pepperweed Invasive, banned
Hawaii perennial pepperweed Noxious weed
Idaho perennial pepperweed Noxious weed
Massachusetts broad-leafed pepperweed, tall pepperweed Prohibited
Montana perennial pepperweed Category 2 noxious weed
Nevada perennial pepperweed Noxious weed
New Mexico perennial pepperweed Class A noxious weed
Oregon perennial pepperweed "B" designated weed perennial pepperweed Quarantine
South Dakota perennial pepperweed Regulated non-native plant species
Utah perennial pepperweed Noxious weed
Washington perennial pepperweed Class B noxious weed perennial pepperweed Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
Wyoming perennial pepperweed Noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Lepidium latifolium Virginia pepperweed broadleaved peppergrass perennial pepperweed tall 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.
Cal-IPC	California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

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