Brassicaceae
Shining pepperweed
Lepidium nitidum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- رشاد ساطع
- arz
- رشاد ساطع
- English
- Shining pepperweed
- Persian
- ترتیزک براق
Synonyms
- Lepidium bipinnatifidum var. curicoanum (Phil.) Reiche
- Lepidium bipinnatifidum var. tenuifolium (Phil.) Reiche
- Lepidium chilense Kunze ex Walp.
- Lepidium chilense Kunze
- Lepidium curicoanum Phil.
- Lepidium leiocarpum Hook. & Arn.
- Lepidium nitidum var. howellii C.L.Hitchc.
- Lepidium nitidum var. insigne Greene
- Lepidium nitidum var. nitidum Nutt.
- Lepidium nitidum var. oreganum (Howell ex Greene) C.L.Hitchc.
- Lepidium oreganum Howell ex Greene
- Lepidium spicatum var. chilense Reiche
- Lepidium strictum var. oreganum (Howell ex Greene) B.L.Rob.
- Lepidium tenuifolium Phil.
- Lepidium tenuissimum Steud.
- Nasturtium chilense Kuntze
- Nasturtium nitidum (Nutt.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March (from 228 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicholas Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Richard Fuller, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chuck Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerry Kirkhart, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerry Kirkhart, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jonathan Curley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.