Lepidium draba L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Hoary Cress
🇫🇷 Passerage drave, Pain-blanc

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Subfamily: Brassicoideae
Tribe: Lepidieae
Genus: Lepidium
Species: Lepidium draba

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with L. campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton, 1812, which has racemose inflorescences, while L. draba has corymbiform inflorescences.

Photographs

img/lepidium-draba-5.webp — Lepidium draba

img/lepidium-draba-6.webp — Lepidium draba

img/lepidium-draba.webp — Lepidium draba

img/lepidium-draba-2.webp — Lepidium draba

img/lepidium-draba-3.webp — Lepidium draba

img/lepidium-draba-4.webp — Lepidium draba

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 592). Biotope.