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Lepidium didymum
Also called Swinecress, Lesser Swinecress, Lesser Swine Cress, Lesser Swine's Cress, Slender Wart Cress, Lesser Wartcress, Bitter Cress
Lepidium didymum, the lesser swine-cress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.
Lepidium didymum is of uncertain origin, but is often cited as native to South America, mainly Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. It has been introduced elsewhere as a weed of cultivation. It has naturalised across the globe, from Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia, North America and South America. In Britain, it had been recorded from the wild by 1778, chiefly in England and the south of Ireland, growing on cultivated and waste ground, in gardens and lawns, by paths and roadsides.
The leaves of this plant are edible, and have a salty, cress or mustard flavour.
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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.
