Lepidium densiflorum Schrad., 1832 43% complete

Prairie peppergrass

Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1832: 4 (1832)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lepidium densiflorum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced13 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Schrad. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1832: 4 (1832) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1832 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Prairie peppergrass No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Subarctic America to N. Mexico No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 17 cm
  • 16.9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 72 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 193, 296, 309, 500
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Differs from sources
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape silique Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 30 cm
  • 30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 193, 296, 309, 500
Sourced
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may Sourced
Duration annual, biennial
  • annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 135 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 164, 193, 296, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air
  • 4 / 9 · moderately dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Sourced
Light 9 / 9 · full sun Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record