Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lepidium virginicum
lentejilla de campo, comida de parajito, Virginia pepperweed, poorman's pepper, pepperweed






























Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Capparales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Lepidium
Species
virginicum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Iberis virginica (L.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1906
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
- Porter, D.M. (1983) Vascular Plants of the Galapagos: Origins and Dispersal. In: Bowman, R.I., Berson, M. & Leviton, A.E. (eds.): Patterns of evolution in Galápagos organisms. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco, California, p. 33-96.
- Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
- Lundh, J.P. (1995) Some additional information and comments on the Annotated Check list of Vascular Plants of the Galapagos Islands by Lawesson, Adsersen and Bentley. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- 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.
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
- 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
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lepidium virginicum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=398. Accessed 5 May 2025.