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Lepidium virginicum (Wild Pepper-Grass)

Synonyms: Discovium gracile; Discovium ohiotense; Lepidium diandrum; Lepidium majus; Lepidium praecox; Nasturtium majus

Wikipedia Abstract

Lepidium virginicum, also known as Virginia pepperweed or peppergrass, is an annual or biennial plant in the Brassicaceae or mustard family. It is native to much of North America, including most of the United States and Mexico and southern regions of Canada, as well as most of Central America. It can be found elsewhere as an introduced species.
View Wikipedia Record: Lepidium virginicum

Infraspecies

Lepidium virginicum subsp. menziesii (Attributes)
Lepidium virginicum subsp. virginicum

Invasive Species

Lepidium virginicum is a weed of agronomic, vegetable, orchard, and nursery crops. It is reported to have naturalised on disturbed sites in Hawaii and the western United States, and spreading rapidly on Grand Cayman.
View ISSG Record: Lepidium virginicum

Attributes

Height [1]  19 inches (0.5 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Annual/Biennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [3]  Herb
View Plants For A Future Record : Lepidium virginicum

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Acadia National Park II 35996 Maine, United States
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument V 4731 Nebraska, United States
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Assateague Island National Seashore II 8621 Maryland, United States
Avon Gorge Woodlands 376 England, United Kingdom
Badlands National Park II 178535 South Dakota, United States
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area National Recreation Area V 120283 Kentucky, Tennessee, United States
Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway V 73611 North Carolina, Virginia, United States
Burnham Beeches 946 England, United Kingdom  
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Canyonlands National Park II 335430 Utah, United States
Cape Breton Highlands National Park II 234333 Nova Scotia, Canada  
Cape Lookout National Seashore II 18379 North Carolina, United States
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd 163340 Wales, United Kingdom
Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve 310228 North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States      
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park V 19586 Maryland, District of Columbia, United States
Chickamauga & Chattanooga Nat'l Military Park National Military Park V 8248 Georgia, Tennessee, United States
Chirripó National Park II 126117 Costa Rica  
Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park V 9316 Virginia, United States
Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park V 24282 Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States
Dorset Heaths 14161 England, United Kingdom
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Fire Island National Seashore V 9433 New York, United States
Fort Donelson National Battlefield III 560 Tennessee, United States
Fort Pulaski National Monument V 4213 Georgia, United States
Gateway National Recreation Area V 1807 New Jersey, United States
George Washington Birthplace National Monument V 435 Virginia, United States
George Washington Memorial Parkway V   Virginia, United States
Georgian Bay Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Gulf Island National Seashore II 67487 Florida, Mississippi, United States
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park VI 715 West Virginia, United States
Hobcaw Barony (North Inlet) National Estuarine Research Reserve 7585 South Carolina, United States
Homestead National Monument of America V 850 Nebraska, United States
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park V 1926 Alabama, United States
Humber Estuary 90582 England, United Kingdom
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore II 8272 Indiana, United States
Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve Ib 571799 Michigan, United States
Kedrovaya Pad Zapovednik Ia 44224 Primorsky Krai , Russia
Little St. Simons Island   Georgia, United States
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States
Manassas National Battlefield Park III 5132 Virginia, United States
Moores Creek National Battlefield III 100 North Carolina, United States
National Capital Region - East National Park   District of Columbia, United States
Nez Perce National Historical Park V 2076 Idaho, United States
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 5268 Tennessee, United States
Oconee National Forest Botanical Reserve 306 Georgia, United States  
Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau 360832 Wales, United Kingdom
Pico Mogote Ecological Reserve II 3698 Cuba  
Point Pelee National Park II 5764 Ontario, Canada
Prince Edward Island National Park II   Prince Edward Island, Canada  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve V 1777 Spain  
Richmond National Battlefield Park III 1517 Virginia, United States
Rock Creek Park   District of Columbia, United States
Rondeau Provincial Park II 5035 Ontario, Canada
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Santee Coastal Reserve and Washo Reserve State Habitat Area IV 20850 South Carolina, United States  
Saratoga National Historical Park   New York, United States
Scotts Bluff National Monument V 3185 Nebraska, United States
Shenandoah National Park II 108221 Virginia, United States
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 20317 South Carolina, United States  
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  
Tennessee River Gorge   Tennessee, United States
Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham 12696 England, United Kingdom
Valley Forge National Historical Park VI 3509 Pennsylvania, United States
Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve II 2196863 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States

Ecosystems

Predators

Contarinia nasturtii[4]
Pappogeomys tylorhinus (naked-nosed pocket gopher)[5]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Agapostemon radiatus <Unverified Name>[6]
Anoplius illinoensis[6]
Apinops atra <Unverified Name>[6]
Ceratina dupla (Little carpenter bee)[6]
Chloralictus coreopsis <Unverified Name>[6]
Chloralictus sparsus <Unverified Name>[6]
Chloralictus tegularis <Unverified Name>[6]
Chloralictus versatus <Unverified Name>[6]
Cistogaster occidua <Unverified Name>[6]
Colletes eulophi[6]
Eristalis dimidiatus[6]
Evylaeus arcuatus <Unverified Name>[6]
Evylaeus pectoralis <Unverified Name>[6]
Gymnoclytia immaculata[6]
Gymnosoma fuliginosa <Unverified Name>[6]
Helicobia helicis <Unverified Name>[6]
Helophilus fasciatus[6]
Leionotus clypeatus <Unverified Name>[6]
Leionotus histrionalis <Unverified Name>[6]
Leionotus illinoensis <Unverified Name>[6]
Leucostoma simplex[6]
Limnophora narona[6]
Lucilia caesar (Greenbottle Blow Fly)[6]
Mesogramma marginata[6]
Nemotelus glaber[6]
Notoglossa frontalis <Unverified Name>[6]
Ocyptera tenuis <Unverified Name>[6]
Odontalictus ligatus <Unverified Name>[6]
Opandrena personata <Unverified Name>[6]
Oxystoglossa similis <Unverified Name>[6]
Paragus bicolor[6]
Paragus tibialis[6]
Phorantha purpurascens <Unverified Name>[6]
Phorbia acra <Unverified Name>[6]
Phorbia platura <Unverified Name>[6]
Pontia protodice (Checkered White)[6]
Prosopis pygmaea <Unverified Name>[6]
Prosopis sayi <Unverified Name>[6]
Prosopis ziziae <Unverified Name>[6]
Psammochares tenebrosus <Unverified Name>[6]
Pseudopyrellia cornicina <Unverified Name>[6]
Seladonia fasciata <Unverified Name>[6]
Syritta pipiens (thick-legged hoverfly)[6]
Zaodontomerus calcaratus <Unverified Name>[6]
Zodion fulvifrons[6]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Kew Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Distribution

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Warwick S.I. , Francis A. & Al-Shehbaz I.A., 2009, Brassicaceae species checklist and database in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248 ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 5Pappogeomys tylorhinus, Fernando A. Cervantes, Vinicio J. Sosa, Jesús Martinez, Rosa Ma. González, and Robert C. Dowler, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 433, pp. 1-4 (1993) ♦ 6Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators. ♦ GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility ♦ Carlsbad Caverns National Park ♦ Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by Kew Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens - February 2013 ♦ Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway Ministry of Agriculture and Food - February 2013