| Plants : Brassicaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Lepidium heterophyllum |
Description: Much the commonest of the Lepidium species in Northern Ireland. A native perennial or biennial with greyish-green hairy toothed leaves closely set along the often prostrate stems. Flowers in a terminal cluster, small and white. Common on roadsides, in gravels, field margins, railway ballast etc.
All names: Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.; Lepidium smithii Hook.; Lepidium pratense (Serres ex Gren. & Godron) Rouy & Fouc.; Lepidium villarsii Gren. & Godron; Lepidium hirtum (L.) Smith
Distribution Map from NBN: Lepidium heterophyllum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Lepidium heterophyllum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Lepidium heterophyllum. Benth.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2830. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |