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Lepidium hyssopifolium
Also called Common Pepper Cress, Rubble Pepper Cress, Bird Weed, Cape Pepper Cress, Divaricate Pepperwort, Pepper Cress
Lepidium hyssopifolium, commonly known as the aromatic peppercress is an endemic angiosperm of Australia. It is widespread in grassland areas of Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales in scattered populations. The species became naturalised to New Zealand in 1979. Its common name is derived from it having a strong, noticeable spicy scent when the leaves are crushed.
The species is typically associated with open and disturbed environments.
African pepperwort · Waitakere Scurvy Grass · Waianae Range pepperwort · Lepidium aschersonii · Southern pepperwort · Coastal peppercress · Barneby's pepperweed · Field pepperweed · Creeping Watercress · Common pepperweed · Alkali pepperweed · Wartcress
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lepidium hyssopifolium 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.
