Lepidium ruderale
Peruvian-Ginseng
Lepidium meyenii
Walp. Species
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- Botanical name
- Lepidium meyenii
- Also known as
- Peruvian-Ginseng
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Peruvian-Ginseng
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 meyenii but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Lepidium affine
Lepidium gelidum
Lepidium meyenii subsp. affine
Lepidium meyenii subsp. gelidum
Lepidium meyenii var. affine
Lepidium meyenii var. gelidum
Lepidium orbignyanum
Lepidium peruvianum
Lepidium weddellii
Lepidium weddellii
Others in Lepidium
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