Lepidium oblongum is a widespread North American species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name veiny pepperweed. It is native to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and the western and south-central United States (from California and Oregon east as far as Mississippi). It is present as an introduced species in Hawaii. It can grow in many types of habitats.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Veiny Pepperweed 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 bipinnatifidum
- Lepidium strictum
- Lepidium bonariense
- Lepidium lasiocarpum
- Lepidium apetalum
- Lepidium ramosissimum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
- Species
- Lepidium oblongum
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