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|accepted_name=Lepidium latifolium
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 644. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cardaria latifolia
|authority=(Linnaeus) Spach
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae;Lepidium;Lepidium latifolium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lepidium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lepidium latifolium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 573
|treatment_page=page 585
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Perennials; (rhizomes thick, caudex woody); glabrous or pubescent. <b>Stems</b> simple from base, erect, branched distally, (2–)3.5–12(–15) dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves not rosulate; petiole 1–9(–14) cm; blade elliptic-ovate to oblong, (2–)3.5–15(–25) cm × (5–)15–50(–80) mm, (leathery), margins entire or serrate. <b>Cauline</b> leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blade oblong to elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, (1–)2–9(–12) cm × 3–45 mm, base cuneate, not auriculate, margins serrate or entire. <b>Racemes</b> (subcorymbose panicles), slightly elongated or not in fruit; rachis glabrous or sparsely puberulent, trichomes straight, cylindrical. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels ascending to divaricate, straight or slightly curved, (terete), 2–5(–6) × 0.1–0.2 mm, glabrous or puberulent adaxially. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals suborbicular to ovate, 1–1.4 × 0.8–0.9 mm; petals white, obovate, 1.8–2.5 × (0.8–)1–1.3 mm, claw 0.7–1 mm; stamens 6; filaments 0.9–1.4 mm, (glabrous); anthers 0.4–0.5 mm. <b>Fruits</b> oblong-elliptic to broadly ovate or suborbicular, (1.6–)1.8–2.4(–2.7) × 1.3–1.8 mm, apically not winged, apical notch 0(–0.1) mm deep; valves thin, smooth, not veined, glabrous or sparsely pilose; style 0.05–0.15 mm, exserted beyond apical notch (when present). <b>Seeds</b> oblong, (0.8–)1–1.2 × 0.6–0.9 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Pastures, grasslands, disturbed places, fields, roadsides, slopes, saline meadows, stream banks, waste grounds, dry flats, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper communities, barren hillsides, ditch banks, edge of marshes
|elevation=0-2500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Que.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Kans.;Mass.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Oreg.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;s Europe;Asia;n Africa;introduced also in Mexico (Durango;San Luis Potosí);Australia.
|introduced=true
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lepidium latifolium
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cardaria latifolia
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Pastures, grasslands, disturbed places, fields, roadsides, slopes, saline meadows, stream banks, waste grounds, dry flats, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper communities, barren hillsides, ditch banks, edge of marshes
|elevation=0-2500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Que.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Kans.;Mass.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Oreg.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;s Europe;Asia;n Africa;introduced also in Mexico (Durango;San Luis Potosí);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Introduced;Illustrated
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae
|genus=Lepidium
|species=Lepidium latifolium
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