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Lepidium fremontii
Also called Fremont's Pepperwort, Bush Peppercress
Desert pepperweed is a robust, branching perennial herb or subshrub of the mustard family, native to dry desert flats and rocky slopes of the southwestern US and northeastern Mexico. It is grown mainly for its toughness in hot, dry, low-water gardens, and it needs well-drained soil and full sun.
Lepidium fremontii, the desert pepperweed, is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family which is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows on sandy desert flats and the rocky slopes of nearby hills and mountains. It takes its scientific name from John C. Frémont.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lepidium fremontii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
