Species

Lapsana communis

Etymology

Lapsana: Charlock, an edible plant

Common Name(s)

Nipplewort

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

LAPCOM

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1869

Origin

Eurasia, N. Africa

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010