Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus var. menziesii A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Menzies's Poor Man's Pepper. Phenology: Mar-Jun. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: OK, CO, MT, and BC south to s. TX, s. NM, s. AZ, s. CA, and Mexico.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Rollins (1993); = Lepidium medium Greene — S13; = Lepidium virginicum L. ssp. menziesii (DC.) Thell. — FNA7, K4; = Lepidium virginicum L. var. medium (Greene) C.L.Hitchc. — Tx; < Lepidium virginicum L. — F, GrPl, Mex, NcTx. Basionym: Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii DC. 1940
Links to other floras: = Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii - FNA7
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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