Brassicaceae
African pepperwort
Lepidium africanum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Kanariesaadgras, Peperbossie
- Chinese
- 非洲独行菜, 非洲独行菜指名亚种
- English
- African pepperwort, Bird weed, Cape pepper cress
- Ganda
- Common peppercres, Rubble peppercres
Synonyms
- Lepidium africanum subsp. africanum DC.
- Lepidium ambiguum F.Muell.
- Lepidium divaricatum Atton
- Lepidium dubium Thell.
- Lepidium hyssopifolium Desv.
- Lepidium iberioides Desv.
- Lepidium tasmanicum Thell.
- Thlaspi africanum Burm.f.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: voyage-madagascar.org, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.