Lepidium africanum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It is an annual or perennial which ranges from Saudi Arabia and Sudan to southern Africa.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of African Pepperwort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lepidium bonariense
- Lepidium apetalum
- Lepidium densiflorum
- Lepidium ramosissimum
- Lepidium bipinnatifidum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
- Species
- Lepidium africanum
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