Lepidium montanum Nutt., 1838 37% complete

Mountain pepperplant

J.Torrey & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 116 (1838)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lepidium montanum, 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 Source not recorded10 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Nutt. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography J.Torrey & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 116 (1838) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1838 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Mountain pepperplant No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations W. & C. U.S.A. to Michigan, N. Mexico No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height empty Not on the record
Flower color empty Not on the record
Flower conspicuous true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Growth form Single Crown
  • Single Crown · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Subshrub, Forb/herb
  • Subshrub, Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate Rapid Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration biennial, perennial
  • biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 460, 818
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity
  • 5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 8 / 9 · light · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8
  • pH 8 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 6
  • pH 6 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 28 cm Sourced
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record