Brassicaceae » Lepidium apetalum (= Lepidium micranthum)


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commonly known as: common peppergrass, pepperweed, pepperwort (generic), poor mans pepper, prairie peppergrass • Nepalese: दर्या केन darya ken • no Indic names found

Identification courtesy: Tony Rodd

at Manali, Himachal Pradesh

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... expecting to know / find names in Hindi, Kashmiri ... NPGS / GRIN states distribution in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh  

--Last edited by dinesh valke on 2008-08-09 17:30:39 --

My my! What a catch! And beautifully caught too!
I was surprised to notice that I could hardly distinguish between this plant and Lepidium virginicum which is not native, but naturalized here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Lepidium_virginicum_illustration.jpg
Was also puzzled to see that while Lepidium apetalum was not listed at IndFlora, Lepidium virginicum was.
However, according to GRIN, Lepidium virginicum is distributed in Himachal, and having seen it in Manali, it should be the natural choice.

Thankyou very much, Tabish.
(So is it L. virginicum ?)

I am sorry! That was my after-midnight sleepy brain.  What I meant to write was Lepidium apetalum is distributed in Himachal. So, for a flower seen in Manali, I would go with Lepidium apetalum.

   thank you very much, Tabish.