trefle.io · Taken May 25, 2019 by Colorado Natural (cc-by-sa)
Brassicaceae
Hairy-pod pepperwort
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Also known as Nasturtium lasiocarpum, Lepidium, Hairy pepperwort, Lepidium ruderale var. lasiocarpum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Native Wildflower · Brassicaceae · Desert Plant · Southwest Native · Pepperwort · Low Maintenance · Partial Shade · Drought Adapted · Ground Cover
Hairy-pod pepperwort is a low-maintenance native wildflower best suited to outdoor gardens in arid and semi-arid regions of the American Southwest. It thrives in partial shade with moderate watering and tolerates poor, dry soils well. This plant is best left to naturalize rather than being cultivated as a container or indoor specimen.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 110°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Mixed
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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