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Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.

Smith's pepperwort

source: Anne Burgess (2009) & P.F. Stolwijk, publisher: Wikimedia Commons (license CCASA 2.0) & Verspreidingsatlas 2015
source: Anne Burgess (2009) & P.F. Stolwijk, publisher: Wikimedia Commons (license CCASA 2.0) & Verspreidingsatlas 2015

Nomenclature

GrinTax Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.
The Plant list Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.
English name Smith's pepperwort



Crop relationship
Garden cress same genus



FLORON data (2014)
Indigeneity native
Trend since 1950 stable or increasing
Presence rare
Status least concern
Legal protection unlisted

© NDFF, 2024
© NDFF, 2024

Legend distribution maps

upper map:

  • red: locations of presence from year 2000 onwards
  • blue: previous localities where the species has not been observed anymore after 1999.
  • source: Verspreidingsatlas.nl

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lower map:

Distribution area
Europe W- and Central-Europe
Asia -
Africa -
North-America -
South-America -
Australia -
source: wilde-planten.nl, 2015
source: wilde-planten.nl, 2015

Expected distribution due to climate change

Expected distribution area in 2070 in the European region and in the Netherlands compared with current suitable areas under an optimistic and a pessimistic climate change scenario (see: About CWRnl / Methodology). Click on a map to enlarge.

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Optimistic scenario

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Distribution data GBIF, July 2016. doi:10.15468/dl.hpv9v8
Distribution data GBIF, July 2016. doi:10.15468/dl.hpv9v8

Pessimistic scenario

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Additional information