Brassicaceae
Broadleaved pepperweed
Lepidium latifolium
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- رشاد عريض الأوراق, شيطرج هندي
- Armenian
- Կոտեմ լայնատերև
- arz
- رشاد عريض الاوراق
- Azerbaijani
- Enliyarpaq bozalaq
- Basque
- Buminka
- Belarusian
- Клапоўнік шыракалісты
- Bulgarian
- Широколистна горуха
- Chinese
- 宽叶独行菜, 寛葉獨行菜, 葶苈子, 辣芥, 阔叶独行菜
- Czech
- Řeřicha širolistá
- Danish
- Strand-Karse
- dsb
- Šyroka krjasa
- Dutch
- Peperkers
- English
- Broadleaved pepperweed, Dittander, Dittany, Peppergrass, Pepperwort, Tall whitetop
- Estonian
- Randkress
- Finnish
- Isokrassi
- French
- Grande passerage
- frr
- Pöberkrüüs
- German
- Pfefferkraut, Breitblättrige Kresse, Strand-Karse
- hsb
- Šěroka žerchej
- Japanese
- レピディウム・ラティフォリウム
- Lithuanian
- Plačialapė pipirnė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Strandkarse
- Persian
- ترتیزک برگپهن
- Portuguese
- Erva-pimenteira, Erva pimenteira
- Swedish
- Bitterkrassing
- Uzbek
- Baqa jo‘xorisi, Baqa joʻxorisi, To rol, Torol
- Welsh
- Pupurlys llydanddail
Synonyms
- Cardaria latifolia (L.) Spach
- Crucifera latifolia (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Lepidium dioscoridis Bubani
- Lepidium latifolium var. latifolium
- Lepidium latifolium var. mongolicum Franch.
- Lepidium sativum var. latifolium DC.
- Nasturtiastrum latifolium (L.) Gillet & Magne
- Nasturtium latifolium (L.) Crantz
- Nasturtium latifolium Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- May to September (from 753 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lars Willighagen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parsons, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Natalya Ivanova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Иван Шихалев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Malte, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Алёна Осипова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Malte, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.