Kleine varkenskers stukje plant Coronopus didymus

''Coronopus'' is a synonym for the accepted genus name ''

Lepidium ''Lepidium'' is a genus of plants in the mustard/cabbage family, Brassicaceae. The genus is widely distributed in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia. It was applied to some species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the cabbage and mustard family

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older but equally valid) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important Family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous pla ...

known commonly as swinecress or wartcress. These are generally low spreading

annual Annual may refer to: *Annual publication, periodical publications appearing regularly once per year **Yearbook **Literary annual *Annual plant *Annual report *Annual giving *Annual, Morocco, a settlement in northeastern Morocco *Annuals (band), a ...

herbaceous plant Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition o ...

s with many long stems, deeply lobed leaves and small white flowers. They have a strong scent, smelling like garden cress, ''Lepidium sativum'', when crushed. ''Lepidium squamatus'' may be native to the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

but ''Lepidium didymum'' may be native to South America. Both species are widespread weedy

introduced species An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived ther ...

in other areas. Species include: *'' Lepidium didymum'' - lesser swine cress *''Lepidium squamatus'' (since 2004, ''

Lepidium coronopus ''Lepidium coronopus'', (swine cress, creeping wart cress, or greater swine cress), is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family which is native to parts of Africa, western Asia and Europe, growing in shingle banks, wasteland or cultivat ...

'',) - swine cress

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

USDA Plants Profile
Brassicaceae Brassicaceae genera Historically recognized angiosperm genera {{Brassicales-stub