Lepidium virginicum

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Lepidium virginicum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae ⁄ Cruciferae
Genus: virginicum
Species: L. virginicum
Binomial name
Lepidium virginicum
L.
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Natural range of Lepidium virginicum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common name: Virginia pepperweed

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Lepidium virginicum:

Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis

Halictidae: Augochlorella gratiosa

Megachilidae: Heriades leavitti

Sphecidae: Ectemnius rufipes ais

Sphecidae: Oxybelus laetus fulvipes

Sphecidae: Tachysphex similis

Vespidae: Stenodynerus fundatiformis

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes