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Brassicaceae
Heart-pod hoary cress
Lepidium draba
Also known as Peppergrass, Hoary cress, Whitetop, Draba ruderalis
Native Plants · Hoary Cress · Whitetop · Wildflower · Drought Tolerant · White Flowers · Spreading Perennial · Weed · Brassicaceae · Roadside Plant · Low Maintenance
Heart-pod hoary cress is a vigorous, spreading perennial weed with clusters of small white flowers, well-suited to difficult dry sites where few other plants thrive. It requires virtually no supplemental care once established and tolerates poor, dry soils with ease. Note that it spreads aggressively by both seed and deep creeping roots, so plant with caution and monitor its spread in garden settings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water sparingly; plant is tolerant of dry conditions once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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