Lepidium ruderale
Orbicular Whitetop
Lepidium chalepense
L. Species
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- Botanical name
- Lepidium chalepense
- Also known as
- Lens-Pod Hoary Cress, Lens-Pod Hoarycress, Lens-Pod Whitetop, Orbicular Whitetop
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Orbicular Whitetop
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Lepidium chalepense but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cardaria chalepensis
Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis
Cardaria draba var. repens
Cardaria fenestrata
Cardaria macrocarpa
Cardaria repens
Cardaria repens
Hymenophysa fenestrata
Hymenophysa macrocarpa
Hymenophysa persica
Lepidium draba subsp. chalepensis
Lepidium draba var. chalepensis
Lepidium repens
Nasturtium chalepense
Nasturtium propinquum
Nasturtium repens
Physolepidion repens
Thlaspi chalepense
Others in Lepidium
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