Brassicaceae
Hairy whitetop
Lepidium appelianum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 毛果群心菜, 泡果荠, 甜萝卜缨子, 泡果芥
- English
- Hairy whitetop, Globe-pod hoarycress, Globe-podded hoarycress, Hoary cress, Whitetop
Synonyms
- Cardaria pubescens (C.A.Mey.) Jarm.
- Cardaria pubescens var. elongata Rollins
- Hymenophysa pubescens C.A.Mey.
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, 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). About our plant data.