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Taxon:  Lepidium sativum L.



Summary
Genus:
Lepidium
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Lepidieae
Nomen number:
21769
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:644. 1753
Verified:
10/15/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lepidium spinescens DC.
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Common names
English
garden cress –
pepperwort –
tongue cress –
town cress –
Arabic
habb al-rashad –
rashad –
French
cresson alénois –
German
Gartenkresse –
Italian
agretto –
crescione inglese –
Portuguese
agrião –
mastruço –
Spanish
berro de huerta –
Swedish
smörgåskrasse –
Transcribed Chinese
jia du xing cai –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOmanAl Batinah North 
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaUnited Arab Emirates  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman [Al Batinah North], Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: New Caledonia
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetablefor saladsMabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weedpotential seed contaminant CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21769. Accessed 4 May 2025.