Lepidium didymum
Common name
twin cress
Synonyms
Coronopus didymus
Family
Brassicaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CORDID
Flower colours
Green, White
Year naturalised
1855
Origin
Europe, Long known in New Zealand as Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.
Etymology
lepidium: Scale-shaped (pods)