Taxon:  Lepidium chalepense L.



Summary
Genus:
Lepidium
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Lepidieae
Nomen number:
311718
Place of publication:
Cent. pl. II:23.  1756 (Amoen. acad. 4:321.  1759)
Verified:
10/15/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist. Note: = Lepidium draba subsp. chalepense (L.) Thell.
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: = Cardaria chalepensis (L.) Hand.-Mazz.
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
  5. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  6. Francis, A. & S. I. Warwick. 2008. The biology of Canadian weeds. 3. Lepidium draba L., L. chalepense L., L. appelianum Al-Shehbaz (updated). Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 88:379-401.
  7. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
  8. National Plant Board. 2008-. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Rollins, R. C. 1993. The Cruciferae of continental North America Note: = Cardaria chalepensis (L.) Hand.-Mazz.
  11. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishlens-pod hoary cress as Cardaria chalepensis\;http://nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/california.pdf1National Plant Board. 2008-. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries
Englishorbicular whitetop as Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis1Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist. Note: = Lepidium draba subsp. chalepense (L.) Thell.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIowa FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraska FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakota FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlberta FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaManitoba FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaSaskatchewan FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
  • CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Naturalized
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina

Reference(s)
  1. Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist. Note: = Lepidium draba subsp. chalepense (L.) Thell.
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  4. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
  5. Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
  6. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  7. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
  8. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
  9. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed as Cardaria chalepensisRollins, R. C. 1993. The Cruciferae of continental North America Note: = Cardaria chalepensis (L.) Hand.-Mazz.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311718. Accessed 15 April 2026.