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Cardaria pubescens
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Cardaria pubescens
© 2001 CDFA
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Cardaria pubescens  (C. Meyer) Jarmol.
longstalk whitetop, white top
Cardaria pubescens, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.

The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) classifies the potential impact of Cardaria pubescens on native ecosystems as limited (plant profile).

Cardaria pubescens is also classified by the California Department of Food and Agriculture as a Noxious Weed List B: Control required in nurseries, control elsewhere at the discretion of local County Agricultural Commissioner. [CDFA Weeds 2010]

Communities: weed, species characteristic of disturbed places
Habitat: disturbed [Walker]
Wetlands:Occurs in wetlands in another region, but occurs almost always under natural conditions in non wetlands in California [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation: between 0 and 6562 feet
Family: BRASSICACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Cardaria found in California.
Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS + JM93
TJM2: accepted name: Lepidium appelianum
  
 NOTE: Cardaria pubescens is not an active name in the Calflora species table.




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Cardaria pubescens  from other sources:
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website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (CAPU6)

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

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