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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution
Brassicaceae	Lepidium africanum	African Pepperwort	Waif around wool-combing mills in Coastal Plain of SC, with little evidence that it is established in our area.	Native of s. Africa.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium alyssoides
Brassicaceae	Lepidium appelianum	White-top	Disturbed areas.	Native of central Asia.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium austrinum	Southern Pepperwort	Sandy or loamy open areas, disturbed areas; eastwards as a waif around wool-combing mills in Coastal Plain of SC.	MS, se. KS, and NM south through LA, and TX to Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE, TAM). Also reported from MS (Bryson 1991, FNA).
Brassicaceae	Lepidium bonariense	Argentinian Pepperwort	Waif around wool-combing mills in Coastal Plain of SC and on ballast at Savannah, with little evidence that it is established in our area.	Native of South America.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium campestre	Field Pepperwort, Cow Cress, Field Cress	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium chalepense	Lens-Pod Pepperwort	Disturbed areas.	Native of Asia.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium coronopus		Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium densiflorum	Prairie Pepperweed, Green-flowered Peppergrass	Prairies, glades, disturbed areas.	The original distribution difficult to reconstruct, perhaps AB west to AK, south to TX, CA, and Mexico (CHH, DGO, SON, TAM); now much more widespread.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium didymum	Wart-cress, Lesser Swine-cress	Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas.	Native of South America.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium draba	Hoary Cress	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia. Reported for VA by Harvill et al. (1992)
Brassicaceae	Lepidium graminifolium	Grassleaf Pepperwort, Tall Pepperwort	Disturbed areas, especially on ballast.	Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium heterophyllum	Purple-anther Pepperweed, Smith's Pepperwort	Waif on ballast.	Native of w. Europe.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium hyssopifolium		Waif on ore piles.	Native of Australia.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium lasiocarpum var. lasiocarpum		Waif around wool-combing mills in Coastal Plain of SC, with little evidence that it is established in our area.	Native of sc. and sw. North America southwards.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium lasiocarpum var. wrightii	Wright's Pepperwort	Open areas.	S, TX, w. TX, s. NM, and s. AZ south to Mexico.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium latifolium	Dittander	Disturbed areas.	Native of Mediterranean Europe, n. Africa, and w. Asia.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium oblongum	Veiny Peppergrass	Fields and roadsides, also as a waif around wool-combing mills in Coastal Plain of SC.	Native of sc. and sw. North America south through Mexico to Central America (perhaps native in the western portions of our area). AL, AR, KS, NM, AZ, and OR south to TX, Mexico, and Central America. Reported for MD (Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp 2016). Reported for s. IN by Bill Thomas (pers.comm., 2022). Reported for NJ (Schmidt 2023).
Brassicaceae	Lepidium perfoliatum	Perfoliate Pepperwort, Clasping Pepperweed, Shieldcress	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium ramosissimum	Bushy Pepperweed	Disturbed areas.	Native of w. North America.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium ruderale	Narrowleaf Pepperwort, Stinking Pepperweed	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium sativum	Garden Cress	Disturbed areas.	Reported for scattered locations in sc. and se. PA (Rhoads & Block 2007) and VA (K, based on Massey 1961).
Brassicaceae	Lepidium schinzii		Waif around wool-combing mills in Coastal Plain of SC, with little evidence of establishment.	Native of South Africa.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium virginicum var. menziesii	Menzies's Poor Man's Pepper	Disturbed areas.	OK, CO, MT, and BC south to s. TX, s. NM, s. AZ, s. CA, and Mexico.
Brassicaceae	Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum	Poor Man's Pepper	Disturbed areas.	L. virginicum var. virginicum is widespread in e. and c. North America; also introduced in various places elsewhere in the world.

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