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Lepidium heterophyllum (Smith's Pepperwort; purpleanther field pepperweed)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Lepidium heterophyllum heterophyllum
Lepidium heterophyllum rifanum

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Biennial/Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb
Height [2]  20 inches (.5 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry

Predators

Anthocharis cardamines (Orange Tip Butterfly)[4]
Ceutorhynchus parvulus[4]
Phomopsis cruciferae[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Erysiphe cruciferarum[5]
Hyaloperonospora parasitica[5]
Septoria lepidii[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0