| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Lepidium meyenii Walp. |
| Bibliography | Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 249 (1843) |
| Native Range | s. Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 3000-4700m |
| Description | basal leaves 2-9cm, petiolate, pinnatisect, segments obovate or linear, entire to pinnatifid, stem leaves sessile, smaller, raceme lax, petals linear, 2mm |
| Size | 2-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Lepidium affine Wedd. Lepidium gelidum Wedd. Lepidium meyenii var. affine (Wedd.) Thell. Lepidium meyenii ssp. gelidum (Wedd.) Thell. Lepidium meyenii var. gelidum (Wedd.) Hosseus Lepidium meyenii f. rhombicum Thell. Lepidium meyenii f. rotundatum Thell. Lepidium peruvianum G.Chacón Lepidium weddellii O.E.Schulz |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |