Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Lepidium ramosissimum [Lepidium bourgeauanum] [Lepidium densiflorum var. macrocarpum]
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- CommonName
- many-branched pepperweed
- Presence
- YES
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1915
- LatestDate
- 2018
- Ecosystem
- basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban
- Geobotanical
- SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin
- Counties
- Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Baca, Brown Lakes, Russell Lakes
- Other Localities
- Alamosa (town), Del Norte
- Comments
- Found in native xeric habitats such as sparse pine woods, many-branched pepperweed also takes advantage of disturbed ground such as abandoned logging roads, road sides, fence rows, and street sides. Sharples (2017) found Lepidium ramosissimum "scattered along corridors" in the South San Juan Wilderness at 8,200'. It has been recorded from all geobotanical regions of the Valley except for the Lower Basin and the Culebras. There are, however, scattered records from the Rio Grande drainage in New Mexico down to Doña Ana Co (but no farther down the drainage). Its USA range is largely west of the Great Plains, with an extension into North Dakota. Note that L. ramosissimum and L. densiflorum can be distinguished by the former's smaller size (sometimes) and by its single stem without basal leaves; the shape of the fruit is not always definitive.
- Annotation