Lepidium draba L.

Lepidium draba L.

BRASSICACEAE

- Mustard family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Lepidium draba L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 645 (1753)
Rank: species
See: ► Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

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Common names

U.S. name: Whitetop

English name: heart-pod hoary cress

English name: hoary cardaria

French name: passerage drave

Italian name: Lattona

German name: Pfeilkresse

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.
= Lepidium draba L. ssp. draba

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Lepidium draba L. ssp. chalepense (L.) Thell.
2) Lepidium draba L. ssp. draba

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lepidium
Species:

Page counter: 585 ( AVG: 281.24 / 472.62 )

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Lepidium draba

Lepidium draba
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 165.

Lepidium draba

Lepidium draba
Credit: Photo by Angelo Mazzoni

Lepidium draba
Credit: Photo by Beppe Di Gregorio

Lepidium draba
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo

Lepidium draba

Lepidium draba
Credit: Photo by Angelo Mazzoni

Lepidium draba
Credit: Photo by Beppe Di Gregorio

Lepidium draba
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo

Lepidium draba
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Lepidium draba

Lepidium draba
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Lepidium draba

Lepidium draba
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo

Lepidium draba
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Lepidium draba
Credit: Photo by Beppe Di Gregorio

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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