Lepidium jaredii

taxobox
name = "Lepidium jaredii"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Brassicales
familia = Brassicaceae
genus = "Lepidium"
species = "L. jaredii"
binomial = "Lepidium jaredii"
binomial_authority = Brandeg.|

"Lepidium jaredii" is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name Jared's pepperweed. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the Central Valley to just within the central Coast Ranges. This is a mustardlike annual herb growing slender, erect stems up to about 70 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are lance-shaped and up to 10 centimeters long. There are two subspecies of the plant; ssp. "album", Panoche pepperweed, has white flowers and ssp. "jaredii", Jared's or Carrizo pepperweed, has yellow. The plant is of conservation concern, particularly ssp. "album", because its range is limited and few populations are known. Much of its habitat is located on land owned and protected by the Bureau of Land Management.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2240,2504,2522 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LEJA USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://esrp.csustan.edu/publications/pubhtml.php?doc=sjvrp&file=chapter02G10.html Endangered Species Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Lepidium+jaredii Photo gallery]