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Lepidium montanum Nutt.
mountain pepperweed
       
Symbol:   LEMO2  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Brassicaceae  
Duration:   Biennial
Perennial 		 
Growth Habit:   Subshrub
Forb/herb 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N



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Distribution:
Lepidium montanum Nutt.

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WY)
 

Related Taxa:
Lepidium montanum Nutt.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 48 species in Lepidium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. alpinum S. Watson. .
Lepidium montanum var. alpinum
alpine pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. canescens (Thell.) C.L. Hitchc.. .
Lepidium montanum var. canescens
mountain pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. cinereum (C.L. Hitchc.) Rollins. .
Lepidium montanum var. cinereum
mountain pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. claronense S.L. Welsh. .
Lepidium montanum var. claronense
mountain pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. coloradense Rollins. .
Lepidium montanum var. coloradense
mountain pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. glabrum C.L. Hitchc.. .
Lepidium montanum var. glabrum
mountain pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. jonesii (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.. .
Lepidium montanum var. jonesii
Jones' pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. montanum. .
Lepidium montanum var. montanum
mountain pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. neeseae S.L. Welsh & Reveal. .
Lepidium montanum var. neeseae
Elizabeth's pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. nevadense Rollins. .
Lepidium montanum var. nevadense
mountain pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. tenellum (L.O. Williams) C.L. Hitchc.. .
Lepidium montanum var. tenellum
mountain pepperweed
Distribution of Lepidium montanum Nutt. var. wyomingense (C.L. Hitchc.) C.L. Hitchc.. .
Lepidium montanum var. wyomingense
mountain pepperweed
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Lepidium montanum Nutt.

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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 Lepidium L. – pepperweed
Species Lepidium montanum Nutt. – mountain pepperweed
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Lepidium montanum Nutt.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW? NO NO NI NO NO NI NI NI NI NI NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Lepidium montanum Nutt.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503381.

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

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).
 
 
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