trefle.io · Taken Mar 13, 2012 by EOL − Don Loarie (cc-by)
Brassicaceae
Shining pepperweed
Lepidium nitidum
Also known as Lepidium bipinnatifidum var. tenuifolium, Prairie pepperweed, Lepidium oreganum, Nasturtium nitidum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Native · Brassicaceae · Wildflower · Groundcover · California-Native · Part-Shade · Pepperweed · Naturalized · Perennial
Shining pepperweed thrives in partial shade with consistent, moderate watering and well-drained soil. It is best suited to outdoor garden beds or naturalized areas within its native California and Pacific range. Minimal maintenance is required once established, making it a low-effort native ground cover.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.3–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Mixed
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- California, Chile Central, Chile South, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, New York, Oregon, Washington
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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