Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Genus: Lepidium (Pepperweed)
Lepidium campestre (L.) W. T. Aiton - Field Pepperwort
Lepidium heterophyllum Benth. - Smith's Pepperwort
Lepidium sativum L. - Garden Cress
Lepidium latifolium L. - Dittander
Lepidium perfoliatum L. - Perfoliate Pepperwort
Lepidium graminifolium L. - Tall Pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum L. - Least Pepperwort
Lepidium densiflorum Schrad. - Common Pepperweed
Lepidium ruderale L. - Narrow-Leaved Pepperwort
Lepidium draba L. - Hoary Cress
Lepidium didymum L. - Lesser Swine-Cress
Lepidium coronopus (L.) Al-Shehbaz - Swine-Cress
Maximal 30 cm tall. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> <ba><b>several axillary racemes</b></ba>. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> whitish. <span class="v1">stamina:</span> 6. <span class="v1">fruits:</span> <ba><b>mostly nuts</b></ba>, <ba><b>2‑nodose...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
ruderal vegetation, fields, vineyards, footstep tolerant vegetation
in periodically wet, often saline habitats