Brassicaceae
Clasping pepperweed
Lepidium perfoliatum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (16)
- Azerbaijani
- Dəlikyarpaq bozalaq
- Belarusian
- Клапоўнік разналісты
- Bulgarian
- Пронизанолистна горуха
- Chinese
- 抱茎独行菜, 抱莖獨行菜, 穿叶独行菜, 葶苈子
- Czech
- Řeřicha prorostlá
- dsb
- Pśerosćona krjasa
- Dutch
- Doorgroeide kruidkers
- English
- Clasping pepperweed
- Estonian
- Kaeluskress
- Finnish
- Sepokrassi, Sepiväkrassi
- German
- Durchwachsenblättrige Kresse
- hsb
- Přerosćena žerchej
- Persian
- ترتیزک ساقهآغوش
- Slovenian
- Preraslolistna draguša
- Swedish
- Hjulkrassing
- Welsh
- Pupurlys trydwll
Synonyms
- Alyssum heterophyllum Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.
- Crucifera diversifolia E.H.L.Krause
- Nasturtium perfoliatum Besser
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 217 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brodie Cass Talbott, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Evan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: machaut2, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bunnymom20, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isaac Krone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Evan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hilary Rose Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M. B., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brodie Cass Talbott, 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.