Lepidium L.

Cresses and Peppercresses

Cresses and Peppercresses

43 species in AUST, (35 endemic, 8 naturalized); all states and territoriesErect, annual or biennial herbs up to 1 m high. Leaves entire, serrate or pinnately divided and subdivided. Flowers small, in terminal racemes. Petals sometimes absent. Fruit short, compressed laterally, usually ovate, with a narrow septum. Seeds 1 per loculus.