EPPO Global Database

Lepidium sativum(LEPSA)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-11

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: LEPSA
  • Preferred name: Lepidium sativum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Native to Europe (Western to Southern Russia), Eastern Mediterranean, Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), Himalayas. Cultivated since ancient times. Introduced in Russian Far East, Siberia, Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Guinée to Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Tchad to Somalia, Kenya, Canada, USA (northern), Caribbean (Cuba), South America (Southern cone).


Common names
Name Language
garden cress English
peppergrass English
Gartenkresse German
cresson alénois French
passerage cultivée French
berro hortense Spanish (AR)
mastuerzo Spanish
mastuerzo de huerta Spanish
pimienta Spanish
agretto Italian
cerconcello Italian
crescione inglese Italian
lepidio Italian
lepidio ortense Italian
tuinkers Dutch
erva-do-esforzo Portuguese
mastruco Portuguese
mastruço Portuguese
kryddkrassing Swedish
smörgåskrasse Swedish
trädgårdskrasse Swedish
koshôsô Japanese
コショウソウ Japanese
клоповник посевной Russian
кресс посевной Russian
кресс-салат перечный Russian
havekarse Danish
tere Turkish
shachalayim tarbutiyim Hebrew
שַׁחֲלַיִם תַּרְבּוּתִיִּים Hebrew
pieprzyca siewna Polish
Amerikai zsázsa Hungarian
kerti zsázsa Hungarian
habb-er-rechad Arabic
halim Bengali
посевна горуха Bulgarian
morritort ver Catalan
jiā dú xíng cài Chinese
家独行菜 Chinese
sjetvena grbica Croatian
řeřicha setá Czech
λεπίδιον εδώδιμον Greek
λεπίδιον εδώδιμον Greek
garðperla Icelandic
pipirnės Lithuanian
creson Romanian
creson de gradina Romanian
žerucha siata Slovak
vrtna draguša Slovene
vrtna kreša Slovene
крес-салат Ukrainian
хрiнниця посiвна Ukrainian
хрінниця посівна Ukrainian