Lepidium latipes Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lepidium latipes Hook.

Dwarf pepper grass, Dwarf peppergrass, San diego pepperweed

Lepidium latipes is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~348 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. heckardii
Genus:	Lepidium
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands:
Arid West: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Occurs in wetlands

Communities: Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Lepidium latipes var. latipes

Information about Lepidium latipes from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LELA3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide 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]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/30/2025).