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Lepidium thurberi
Lepidium thurberi Woot.
Thurber's Pepperweed
Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: LETH2
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Bloom Information
Bloom Color: WhiteBloom Time: Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug
Distribution
USA: AZ , CA , NMNative Distribution: Arizona, California, New Mexico; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora).
Native Habitat: Salt flats, mesquite and creosote bush communities, playas, stream banks, sandy deserts, washes, clay bottoms, bluffs, gravelly granitic sand, grasslands, alluvial fans, roadsides, silty terraces, washes, gravelly flats; 1950'-5850'.
National Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | FACU | UPL | UPL |
Additional resources
USDA: Find Lepidium thurberi in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Lepidium thurberi in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Lepidium thurberi
Metadata
Record Modified: 2007-01-01Research By: TWC Staff