Brassicaceae
Grassleaf pepperweed
Lepidium graminifolium
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- جوز الرعيان, عصاب, عصيب
- Bulgarian
- Житнолистна горуха
- Dutch
- Graskers
- English
- Grassleaf pepperweed
- French
- Passerage à feuilles de graminée
- German
- Grasblättrige Kresse
- hsb
- Banćikata žerchej
- Slovenian
- Travnolistna draguša
- Swedish
- Gräskrassing
- Welsh
- Pupurlys tal
Synonyms
- Crucifera graminifolia E.H.L.Krause
- Iberis graminifolia (L.) Roth
- Lepidiberis graminifolia Fourr.
- Lepidiberis polyclada (Jord.) Fourr.
- Lepidium duffourii (Sennen) Sennen
- Lepidium gramineum Lam.
- Lepidium graminifolium subsp. graminifolium L.
- Lepidium graminifolium subsp. suffruticosum (L.) P.Monts.
- Lepidium iberifolium St.-Lag.
- Lepidium iberis L.
- Lepidium intermediatum Ten.
- Lepidium intermixtum Ten.
- Lepidium lanceolatum C.Presl
- Lepidium miscellaneorum Schult.
- Lepidium mixtum Jord.
- Lepidium polycladum Jord.
- Lepidium suffruticosum L.
- Lepidium virgatum Jord.
- Nasturtiastrum graminifolium (L.) Gillet & Magne
- Nasturtium graminifolium Kuntze
- Nasturtium graminifolium (L.) Gillet & Magne
- Nasturtium iberis G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
- Nasturtium suffruticosum Kuntze
- Thlaspi graminifolium Poir.
- Thlaspi pollichii Poir.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to November (from 76 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Svitlana Kyiak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Industrees, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc Riera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, 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.