PLANTS Profile for Coronopus squamatus (greater swinecress)

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PLANTS Profile

Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.
greater swinecress

Symbol:

COSQ

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.

Carara coronopus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 167. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.

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Synonyms:
Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.

	CACO57	Carara coronopus (L.) Medik.
	COPR3	Coronopus procumbens Gilib.
	LESQ2	Lepidium squamatum Forssk.

Distribution:
Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.


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USA (AL, CA, CT, FL, LA, MA, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 2 species in Coronopus

Classification:
Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Coronopus Zinn – swinecress
Species	Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch. – greater swinecress

Noxious Weed Information:
Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.

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.

Arizona:
creeping wartcress, coronopus		Prohibited noxious weed
California:
swinecress		B list (noxious weeds)

U.S. Weed Information:
Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.

creeping wartcress
swinecress

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. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Introduced Information:
Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23106.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/09/2008 05:27 AM MDT