EPPO Global Database

Lepidium virginicum(LEPVI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: LEPVI
  • Preferred name: Lepidium virginicum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

North America, Central America, Caribbean. Introduced in most of Euromediterranean (except northeast and southeast), Russian Far East, Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Korea, Ethiopia, South Africa, South America (except northern Brazil, southern cone)

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Lepidium ramosissimum A. Nelson

Common names
Name
Language
djegës Albanian
morritort de Virgínia Catalan
běi měi dú xíng cài Chinese
北美独行菜 Chinese
virginska grbica  Croatian
řeřicha virginská Czech
amerikaanse kruidkers Dutch
Virginische kruidkers Dutch
least pepperwort English
poor man's pepper English
poor man's pepperwort English
wild cress English
wild pepper grass English
Virginian peppercress English (AU)
peppergrass English (US)
Virginia pepperweed English (US)
passerage de Virginie French
amerikanische Kresse German
virginische Kresse German
Virginische Kresse German
amerikai zsázsa Hungarian
virginiai zsázsa Hungarian
virginíuperla Icelandic
lepidio della Virginia Italian
mame-gumbai-nazuna Japanese
mamegunbainazuna Japanese
マメグンバイナズナ Japanese
pieprzyca wirgińska Polish
mentruz Portuguese
клоповник виргинский Russian
žerucha virginská Slovak
virginijska draguša Slovene
cresón Spanish
mastuerzo Spanish
sabelección Spanish (CU)
lentejilla Spanish (HN)
perejil de la tierra Spanish (PR)
grenkrassing Swedish
virginiakrassing Swedish
eltere Turkish