Participant Info

Species

Lepidium virginicum [Lepidium glaucum] [Lepidium hirsutum] [Lepidium intrmedium] [Lepidium medium]

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

least pepperwort, Virginia pepperweed

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1898

LatestDate

2023

Ecosystem

shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans

Counties

Conejos, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Russell Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YE Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, Russell Lakes Wildlife Preserve 3 July 2016; Rio Grande Co, Del Norte, 24 June 2023; Mary McDonald: Conejos Co, near Mogote cpgd 17-23 June 2023

Comments

In the Watershed, vouchers of Virginia pepperweed have been scattered —less than 8—with none from the Cristos or the mountains north of Saguache Creek. Recent photorecords, however, suggest that Lepidium virginicum is rapidly spreading in the region. Especially fond of disturbed ground, the species is a successful plant, with records from every state of the USA, nearly as wide spread as L. densiflorum. It follows the entire length of the Rio Grande drainage, to the Gulf of Mexico.

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