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Brassicaceae
Lesser swine-cress
Lepidium didymum
Also known as Coronopus leptocarpus, Carara didyma, Coronopus didymus var. macrocarpus, Coronopus didymus subsp. eudidymus
Native Plants · Swine-Cress · Brassicaceae · Weed · Wildflower · Disturbed Soil · Annual-Like · Low Maintenance · Edible Weed · Roadside · Lepidium
Lesser swine-cress is a low-maintenance weedy perennial that grows readily in disturbed soils under full sun. It requires minimal care and tolerates a range of soil conditions, though it prefers regular moisture. This plant is primarily of botanical or ecological interest rather than ornamental value.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -30°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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