Lepidium virginicum




Family Brassicaceae
Scientific name Lepidium virginicum L.
Synonyms Crucifera virginica (L.) E. H. L. Krause; Cynocardamum virginicum (L.) Webb & Berthelot; Iberis virginica (L.) Fischer & C. A. Meyer; Lepidium iberis L.; Lepidium virginicum L. subsp. euvirginicum Thellung; Lepidium virginicum L. var. linearifolium Farwell; Lepidium virginicum L. var. typicum Thellung; Nasturtium virginicum (L.) Kuntze; Thlaspi virginianum Poiret; Thlaspi virginicum (L.) Cavanilles
Common name (Japanese common name) mame-gunbai-nazu-na (マメグンバイナズナ, 豆軍配薺 [meaning: tiny gunbai stroking green (gunbai = a military leader's fan)])
(English common name) Virginia pepperweed
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Canada, USA, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Habitat Field, roadside, riverside
Chromosomal number 2n=32
Description Plants 20-40cm tall. Flowers white, flowering in April to August. Annual or winter annual plants.
Reference Lepidium virginicum L.
Lepidium virginicum L.
Lepidium virginicum L.
Herbicidal method (US Patent 4165229/1979)
Oxazoline compounds and herbicides containing the same (US Patent 4973351/1990)
Polymers containing antimicrobial agents and methods for making and using same (US Patent 5906825/1999)
Uracil compounds and use thereof (US Patent 6667413/2003)
Trace element phytoremediation (US Patent 6974896/2005)
Heavy metal phytoremediation (US Patent 7034202/2006)
Pyridone compounds useful for producing pyridine compounds (US Patent 7223862/2007)
Process for producing pyridine compound (US Patent 7157579/2007)
Note Naturalized plants (introduced in 1892).



May 2007
at riverside
May 2007
at riverside
May 2007
at riverside



May 2007
at roadside
May 2007
at roadside
May 2007
at roadside