Cardaria draba Calflora

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Taxon Report

Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.

(not an active name)

Heart podded hoary cress

2007 Luigi Rignanese

Cardaria draba is a perennial herb that is not native to California.

also called Lepidium draba

Cal-IPC rating: moderate


	Plant Range Observation Search ~677 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Cardaria
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Lepidium draba ssp. draba
PLANTS	Lepidium draba
JEF	Lepidium draba

Information about Cardaria draba from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (CADR) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Cal-IPC Profile rating: moderate Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/22/2024).