Calflora Taxon Report
Cardaria pubescens  (C. A. Mey.) Jarm.

(not an active name)
Longstalk whitetop,   White top
Cardaria pubescens is a perennial herb that is not native to California.
also called Lepidium appelianum
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Genus: Cardaria
Family: Brassicaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTSCardaria pubescens var. elongata
PLANTSHymenophysa pubescens
PLANTSLepidium appelianum
JEFLepidium appelianum
Information about Cardaria pubescens from other sources

USDA PLANTS Profile (CAPU6)

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“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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