PLANTS Profile for Lepidium virginicum (Virginia pepperweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Lepidium virginicum L.
Virginia pepperweed


Symbol:		LEVI3
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Brassicaceae
Growth Habit:		Forb/herb
Duration:		Annual Biennial Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Native

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth, TX. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Guidelines.

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Lepidium virginicum L.

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Plant Distribution by State:
Lepidium virginicum L.

State Distributional Map for Lepidium virginicum L.

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	AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY	LA MA ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH	OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY

Lepidium virginicum L. occures in the following states: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

Related Taxa:
Lepidium virginicum L.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 48 species in Lepidium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Lepidium virginicum var. medium
medium pepperweed

Lepidium virginicum var. menziesii
Menzies' pepperweed

Lepidium virginicum var. pubescens
hairy pepperweed

Lepidium virginicum var. robinsonii
Robinson's pepperweed

Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum
Virginia pepperweed

Classification:
Lepidium virginicum L.

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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 virginicum L. – Virginia pepperweed

Invasive Information:
Lepidium virginicum L.

Virginia pepperweed
Virginian peppercress
peppergrass
poorman's pepper

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.

N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Indicator Status:
Lepidium virginicum L.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Lepidium virginicum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution 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 22955.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.