Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lepidium sativum
cardamina, mastuerzo, lepidio, cress, garden cress, pepper grass
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Capparales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Lepidium
Species
sativum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Crucifera nasturtium E.H.L. Krause
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1986
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, P.K. & Cronquist, A. (2005) Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A., subclass Dilleniidae. Intermount. Fl. 2(B): 1–488.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lepidium sativum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=397. Accessed 3 November 2026.