E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T. Aiton
field pepper-grass (field pepperweed)
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Distribution of Lepidium campestre
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Species Information

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General:
Annual or biennial herb from a taproot; stems mostly single, erect, branched above, leafy to the inflorescenses, 20-50 cm tall, spreading short-hairy.
Leaves:
Basal leaves in a rosette, oblanceolate, stalked, entire to pinnately cut with a large terminal lobe, 5-7 cm long, to 12 mm wide; stem leaves numerous, arrowhead-shaped, minutely toothed, unstalked, upper strongly ear-like and clasping at the base.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of often compound racemes; flower stalks widely spreading, 4-8 mm long, slightly flattened; petals white, about 2 mm long, narrowly spoon-shaped; sepals often pinkish, about 1.5 mm long, nearly glabrous to long-hairy; stamens 6; anthers yellow.
Fruits:
Silicles, oblong egg-shaped, 5-6 mm long, 4 mm wide, covered with white blisters, otherwise glabrous to short-hairy, margins and tips broadly winged, the tips slightly notched; beaks 0.2-0.6 mm long, included to slightly exserted at the shallowly notched tips; seeds 2.5-3 mm long.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / Range

Dry fields, roadsides and waste places in the steppe and montane zones; infrequent in S BC; introduced from Eurasia.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Lepidium campestre

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)

Site Information
Value / Class

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Elevation (metres) 735 805 875
Slope Gradient (%) 0 18 37
Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]
125 125 125
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric]
3 3 4
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
C
Number of field plots
 species was recorded in:
2
Modal BEC Zone Class
PP
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in: PP(2)

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Neolepia campestris (L.) W.A. Weber
Thlaspi campestre L.

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