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Lepidium coronopus
Also called Swine Cress, Greater Swinecress, Common Wart Cress, Swine's Cress, Carpetgrass, Creeping Wartcress, Crowfoot
Lepidium coronopus, (swine cress, creeping wart cress, or greater swine cress), is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family which is native to parts of Africa, western Asia and Europe, growing in shingle banks, wasteland or cultivated fields.
The chemotaxonomy of the plant was completed in 2008. It's chromosome count is 2n = 32.
Lepidium coronopus is native to temperate areas of Africa, western Asia and Europe.
It was previously used as an alternative to watercress (in salads), but it was deemed such poor quality and only suitable for pigs to eat. It is thought to be slightly tasting of mustard.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lepidium coronopus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
