| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Lepidium montanum Nutt. |
| Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. [J.Torrey. & A.Gray] 1: 116 (1838) |
| Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico and n. Mexico, Michigan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1200-2700m |
| Description | pubescent and hirsute, basal leaves pinnatisect, segments dentate or incised, stem leaves reduced, sessile, raceme many flowered, petals 3-4mm, silicles glabrous, 3mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Lepidium albiflorum A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn. Lepidium alyssoides var. jonesii (Rydb.) Thell. Lepidium alyssoides var. stenocarpum Thell. Lepidium brachybotryum Rydb. Lepidium corymbosum Hook. & Arn. Lepidium crandallii Rydb. Lepidium heterophyllum (S.Watson) M.E.Jones Lepidium integrifolium var. heterophyllum S.Watson Lepidium jonesii Rydb. Lepidium montanum ssp. alpinum (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum var. alpinum S.Watson Lepidium montanum var. canescens (Thell.) C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum ssp. canescens (Thell.) C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum f. cinereum C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum ssp. cinereum C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum var. cinereum (C.L.Hitchc.) Rollins Lepidium montanum var. claronensis S.L.Welsh Lepidium montanum var. coloradense Rollins Lepidium montanum var. diffusum S.L.Welsh & Goodrich Lepidium montanum var. glabrum C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum ssp. glabrum C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum var. heterophyllum C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum ssp. heterophyllum (S.Watson ex Parry) C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum ssp. jonesii (Rydb.) C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum var. jonesii C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum var. neeseae S.L.Welsh & Reveal Lepidium montanum var. nevadense Rollins Lepidium montanum var. soliarborense S.L.Welsh Lepidium montanum var. stellae S.L.Welsh & Reveal Lepidium montanum var. stenocarpum Thell. Lepidium montanum var. tenellum C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum ssp. tenellum (L.O.Williams) C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum var. todiltoense N.D.Atwood & S.L.Welsh Lepidium montanum var. typicum C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum ssp. typicum C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium montanum var. wyomingense (C.L.Hitchc.) C.L.Hitchc. Lepidium philonitrum A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. Lepidium scopulorum M.E.Jones Lepidium scopulorum f. canescens Thell. Lepidium scopulorum f. nanum Thell. Lepidium tenellum L.O.Williams Lepidium utahense M.E.Jones Lepidium utaviense Regel Nasturium montanum (Nutt.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MIC Michigan) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |