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Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.
whitetop

       
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Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

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Synonyms:
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

  LEDR Lepidium draba L.
  LEDRD Lepidium draba L. ssp. draba
 

Distribution:
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

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)
 

Related Taxa:
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 3 species in Cardaria
 

Classification:
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

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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 Cardaria Desv. – whitetop
Species Cardaria draba (L.) Desv. – whitetop
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are 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.

Alaska:
whitetop              Noxious weed
Arizona:
globe-podded hoary cress              Prohibited noxious weed
globe-podded hoary cress, whitetop              Restricted noxious weed
California:
lens podded hoarycress              B list (noxious weeds)
Colorado:
hoary cress              B list (noxious weeds)
Idaho:
hoary cress              Noxious weed
Iowa:
Lepidium draba
perennial pepper-grass              Primary noxious weed
Kansas:
hoary cress              Noxious weed
Montana:
whitetop, hoary cress              Category 1 noxious weed
Nevada:
whitetop, hoary cress              Noxious weed
New Mexico:
hoary cress              Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
whitetop, hoary cress              "B" designated weed
whitetop, hoary cress              Quarantine
South Dakota:
hoary cress              Noxious weed
hoary cress              Regulated non-native plant species
Utah:
hoary cress              Noxious weed
Washington:
hoary cress              Class C noxious weed
Wyoming:
hoary cress, whitetop              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

globed-podded hoarycress
hoary cress
peppergrass
whitetop
whiteweed
Lepidium draba
hoary cress

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above 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.
Cal-IPC        California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.
 

Introduced Information:
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

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:
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23072.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

Arizona: abstract & image of hoary cress (Cardaria draba)

CO-Douglas County Weed Education

KS-Noxious Weeds in Kansas

NV-Extension Weed Wanted Posters

Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food: weed identification

UT-Unwanted Weeds-Utah Department of Transportation

UT-Utah's 17 Most Noxious Weeds

Victoria - Natural Resources & Environment: Landcare Notes

 
 
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