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Brassicaceae

Manybranched pepperweed

Lepidium ramosissimum A.Nelson

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Lepidium

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Manybranched pepperweed: Common in highly disturbed settings such as at this site near a water seep where livestock trample the vegetation. The annual growth habit, stem leaves not auri
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
English
Manybranched pepperweed
Finnish
Haarakrassi
Swedish
Grenkrassing

Synonyms

  • Lepidium bourgeauanum Thell.
  • Lepidium densiflorum var. bourgeauanum (Thell.) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Lepidium divergens Osterh.
  • Lepidium fletcheri Rydb.
  • Lepidium ramosissimum var. bourgeauanum (Thell.) Rollins
  • Lepidium ramosissimum var. divergens (Osterh.) Rollins
  • Lepidium ramosissimum var. ramosissimum A. Nelson
  • Lepidium ramosissimum var. robustum Thell.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual, Biennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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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.