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Lepidium campestre

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Common names

field cress

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

White

Similar taxa

yellow anthers

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Lepidium campestre (L.) R.Br.

Endemic genus

No

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1875

Origin

Europe

Other information

Etymology

lepidium: Scale-shaped (pods)

campestre: From the Latin campus ‘field, pasture’, meaning growing in pasture