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Lepidium austrinum Small
southern pepperwort

       
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Photo of Lepidium austrinum Small
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, TX, Harlingen. Usage Requirements.
 
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Lepidium austrinum Small

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Synonyms:
Lepidium austrinum Small

  LELAO Lepidium lasiocarpum Nutt. var. orbiculare (Thell.) C.L. Hitchc.
 

Distribution:
Lepidium austrinum Small

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USA (KS, LA, MS, NM, OK, SC, TX)
 

Related Taxa:
Lepidium austrinum Small

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 48 species in Lepidium
 

Classification:
Lepidium austrinum Small

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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 austrinum Small – southern pepperwort
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Lepidium austrinum Small

southern pepperwort

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.

SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Lepidium austrinum Small

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22956.

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

 
 
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