NameThatPlant.net: Lepidium latifolium

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lepidium latifolium FAMILY Brassicaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lepidium latifolium FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lepidium latifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lepidium latifolium

COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Pepper-grass, Dittander

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lepidium latifolium FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lepidium latifolium FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lepidium latifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lepidium latifolium

4146

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe, northern Africa, western Asia

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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