Whitetop

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Whitetop

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lepidium
Species: L. draba
Binomial name
Lepidium draba
L.
subspecies

Lepidium draba draba
formerly Cardaria draba
Lepidium draba chalepensis
formerly Cardaria chalepensis

Whitetop or hoary cress (Lepidium draba L. formerly Cardaria draba) is native to western Asia and eastern Europe and is an invasive species in North America, introduced by contanimated seeds in the early 1900s.

[edit] External links

  • Whitetop USDA National Invasive Species Information Center.
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