Calflora: Lepidium chalepense

Lepidium chalepense L.

Lens-podded hoary cress

Lepidium chalepense, a dicot, is an annual or perennial herb that is not native to California.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: May--Jun


Family:	BRASSICACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Lepidium found in California.

Accepted by TJM2

Other Names:
(according to)

TJM2:	Cardaria chalepensis
TJM2:	Cardaria draba ssp. chalepensis

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

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 Lepidium chalepense from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)