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desert pepperweed

Lepidium fremontii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 258, February 223, March 232, April 288, May 280, June 206, July 176, August 180, September 228, October 233, November 299, December 231.
United States4,964
California2,835
Nevada747
Utah364
Arizona183
New Mexico11
Texas11
Colorado2
Oregon1
Kansas1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMustards, Capers, and Allies · Brassicales
Familymustard family · Brassicaceae
GenusPepperweeds · Lepidium

Sources

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Practise desert pepperweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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