Brassicaceae

Mesa pepperwort

Lepidium alyssoides A.Gray

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lepidium

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Mesa pepperwort (Lepidium alyssoides) — FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Mesa pepperwort

Synonyms

Lepidium alyssoides var. angustifolium (C.L.Hitchc.) Rollins
Lepidium alyssoides var. junceum Rollins
Lepidium alyssoides var. mexicanum Rollins
Lepidium alyssoides var. minus Thell.
Lepidium alyssoides var. polycarpum Thell.
Lepidium montanum subsp. alyssoides (A.Gray) C.L.Hitchc.
Lepidium montanum subsp. angustifolium (C.L.Hitchc.) C.L.Hitchc.
Lepidium montanum var. alyssoides (A.Gray) M.E.Jones
Lepidium montanum var. angustifolium C.L.Hitchc.
Lepidium tortum L.O.Williams
Nasturtium alyssoides (A.Gray) Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: March, May, July to August (from 15 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Biennial, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: samlutfy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Yan S from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Fluff Berger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.