Brassicaceae
Cream-anther field pepperwort
Lepidium campestre
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- رشاد حقلي
- arz
- رشاد حقلى
- Asturian
- Ruxidera
- Belarusian
- Клапоўнік палявы
- Bulgarian
- Полска горуха
- Catalan
- Passerage champêtre
- Chinese
- 緑獨行菜, 绿独行菜, 田野独行菜
- Czech
- Řeřicha chlumní
- dsb
- Pólna krjasa
- Dutch
- Veldkruidkers
- English
- Cream-anther field pepperwort, Field pepperweed, Field cress, Pepperwort, Field pepperwort
- Estonian
- Põldkress
- Finnish
- Kenttäkrassi
- French
- Passerage champêtre
- German
- Feld-Kresse, Feldkresse, Passerage champêtre
- gv
- Bossan pibbyragh
- hsb
- Pólna žerchej
- Hungarian
- Mezei zsázsa
- Irish
- Piobracas léana
- Lithuanian
- Passerage champêtre
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Markkarse
- Polish
- Pieprzyca polna
- Romanian
- Urda-vacii
- Russian
- Клоповник полевой
- Slovak
- Žerucha poľná
- Slovenian
- Poljska draguša
- Spanish
- Mostaza silvestre, Candelera de Salomón, Candelero de salomón, Cantadera, Mastuerzo, Mastuerzo mayor silvestre, Mastuerzo silvestre, Mostacilla peluda
- Swedish
- Fältkrassing, Passerage champêtre
- Welsh
- Pupurlys y maes
Synonyms
- Coronopus campestris (L.) J.St.-Hil.
- Crucifera lepidium E.H.L.Krause
- Iberis campestris (L.) Wallr.
- Lasioptera campestris Andrz. ex DC.
- Lepia accedens (Jord.) Fourr.
- Lepia campestris (L.) Desv.
- Lepia campicola Fourr.
- Lepia errabunda Fourr.
- Lepidium accedens Jord.
- Lepidium campicola Jord.
- Lepidium denticulatum Sennen
- Lepidium errabundum Jord.
- Lepidium vagum Jord.
- Neolepia campestris (L.) W.A.Weber
- Thlaspi campestre L.
- Thlaspi hirsutum Lam.
- Thlaspi vulgatius Garsault
- Thlaspi vulgatum Roucell
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 451 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Loïc Mathieu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brenda Black, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fornax, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Senna Bryce Robeson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcin Dyderski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: suzannehale, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.