Lepidium ruderale
Hoary Cardaria
Lepidium draba
L. Species
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- Botanical name
- Lepidium draba
- Also known as
- Heart-Pod Hoary Cress, Heart-Pod Hoarycress, Heart-Pod Whitetop, Heart-Podded Hoary Cress, Hoary Cardaria, Hoary Cress, Hoary Pepperwort, Pepper Cress, Perennial Peppergrass, Tall Whitetop, Thanet Cress, Whitetop
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Hoary Cardaria
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Lepidium draba but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cardaria brachypetala
Cardaria cochlearia
Cardaria draba
Cardaria draba subsp. draba
Cardiolepis dentata
Cochlearia draba
Crucifera cardaria
Draba ruderalis
Jundzillia draba
Lepidium arvense
Lepidium arvense
Lepidium diversifolium
Lepidium draba subsp. draba
Lepidium drabifolium
Lepidium matritense
Nasturtium draba
Others in Lepidium
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