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Lepidium campestre (L.) Ait. f.
field pepperweed
Symbol: LECA5
Group: Dicot
Family: Brassicaceae
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Biennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced
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Plant Synonyms:
 

NECA5

Neolepia campestris (L.) W.A. Weber

 

THCA2

Thlaspi campestre L.

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State Distributional Map for LECA5
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Plant Distribution by State


Lepidium campestre (L.) Ait. f.

LECA5

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Related Taxa:
Lepidium campestre (L.) Ait. f.

View 99 genera in Brassicaceae, 45 species in Lepidium

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Classification:
Lepidium campestre (L.) Ait. f.

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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 campestre (L.) Ait. f. – field pepperweed

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Invasive Information:
Lepidium campestre (L.) Ait. f.
        field pepperweed
This plant is considered invasive by 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 invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
KY   Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and Adjacent States: A Field Guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
 
N'EAST   Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
 

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Introduced Information:
Lepidium campestre (L.) Ait. f.
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Lepidium campestre (L.) Ait. f.
View photographs from CalPhotos.
View species account or photographs from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22954.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
View species account or photographs from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).

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