Brassicaceae
Pepperweed
Lepidium apetalum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 独行菜, 獨行菜, 大叶香荠菜, 播娘蒿, 独行草, 独行菜子, 腺独行菜, 腺茎独行菜
- English
- Pepperweed
- Korean
- 다닥냉이
Synonyms
- Crucifera apetala (Willd.) E.H.L.Krause
- Lepidium chitungense Jacot
- Lepidium incisum Roth
- Lepidium incisum Roth
- Lepidium micranthum Ledeb.
- Thlaspi apetalum (Willd.) Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.