Lepidium ruderale
Common Pepperwort
Lepidium campestre
(L.) W.T.Aiton Species
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- Botanical name
- Lepidium campestre
- Also known as
- Bastard Cress, Common Pepperwort, Cream-Anther Field Pepperwort, Field Cress, Field Peppergrass, Field Pepperweed, Field Pepperwort, Pepperwort, Wild Pepper Grass
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Pepperwort
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Lepidium campestre but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Coronopus campestris
Crucifera lepidium
Iberis campestris
Lasioptera campestris
Lepia accedens
Lepia campestris
Lepia campicola
Lepia errabunda
Lepidium accedens
Lepidium campicola
Lepidium denticulatum
Lepidium errabundum
Lepidium vagum
Neolepia campestris
Thlaspi campestre
Thlaspi hirsutum
Thlaspi vulgatius
Thlaspi vulgatum
Others in Lepidium
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