Brassicaceae
Yellow pepperweed
Lepidium flavum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- رشاد أصفر
- arz
- رشاد اصفر
- English
- Yellow pepperweed
Synonyms
- Lepidium flavum var. apterum Henrard & Thell.
- Lepidium flavum var. felipense C.L.Hitchc.
- Lepidium flavum var. flavum Torr.
- Nasturtium flavum Kuntze
- Sprengeria flava Greene
- Sprengeria minuscula Greene
- Sprengeria watsoniana Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Rod, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jim Dreier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: velodrome, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: velodrome, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.