Species

Lepidium sativum

Etymology

Lepidium: scale-shaped (pods)

Common Name(s)

cress

Authority

Lepidium sativum L.

Family

Brassicaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

LEPSAT

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 other than Composites

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1864

Origin

Egypt, A. Asia

This page last updated on 26 Mar 2010