Native to 76 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 88 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Idaho, Valley
44.158, -116.118361
Location Remarks
Highway 55 c. 10 km north of the bridge at Banks. Mixed conifer forest along the N. Fork Payette River.
Collectors
Notes
Mixed conifer forest. Hot, dry roadbank.
Location
United States, Idaho, Nez Perce
46.045056, -116.886556
Location Remarks
The Nature Conservancy's China Garden Creek Preserve, on the Snake River opposite the Oregon border, but on the Idaho side. Corral Creek jeep track. Vicinity of the red barn. 799 m elev.
Collectors
James F. Smith, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Clark Shafer
Notes
Open meadows with Pseudoroegneria spicatum and Balsamorhiza sagittata.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Lepidium
Specific Epithet
virginicum
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#244,556 of 335,497
Top 73%
Extinction probability
10%