Brassicaceae
Common pepperweed
Lepidium densiflorum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- رشاد كثيف الزهرة
- arz
- رشاد كثيف الزهره
- Chinese
- 密花独行菜, 密花獨行菜
- Czech
- Řeřicha hustokvětá
- dsb
- Gustokwětkata krjasa, Njedopóznata krjasa
- Dutch
- Dichtbloemige kruidkers
- English
- Common pepperweed, Densely-flowered pepperwort, Prairie peppergrass
- Estonian
- Liivkress
- Finnish
- Ratakrassi, Rikkakrassi
- French
- Passerage densiflore
- German
- Dichtblütige Kresse
- hsb
- Hustokwětkata žerchej, Přepóznata žerchej
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tettkarse, Rundkarse
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tettkarse
- nv
- Hoshdódii chʼil
- Polish
- Pieprzyca gęstokwiatowa
- Swedish
- Rundkrassing
Synonyms
- Lepidium densiflorum var. pubecarpum Thell.
- Lepidium elongatum Rydb.
- Lepidium neglectum Thell.
- Lepidium pubicarpum A.Nelson
- Lepidium ramosum A.Nelson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Bff, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Evgeniya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bff, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Evgeniya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.