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Jared's Peppergrass
Lepidium jaredii
  
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About Jared's Peppergrass (Lepidium jaredii) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Lepidium jaredii is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name Jared's pepperweed. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the San Joaquin Valley to just within the central Coast Ranges. Lepidium jaredii is a mustardlike annual herb growing slender, erect stems up to about 70 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are lance-shaped and up to 10 centimeters long. There are two subspecies of the plant; ssp. album, Panoche pepperweed, has white flowers and ssp. jaredii, Jared's or Carrizo pepperweed, has yellow. Lepidium jaredii is a mustardlike annual herb growing slender, erect stems up to about 70 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are lance-shaped and up to 10 centimeters long. There are two subspecies of the plant; ssp. album, Panoche pepperweed, has white flowers and ssp. jaredii, Jared's or Carrizo pepperweed, has yellow. The plant is of conservation concern, particularly ssp. album, because its range is limited and few populations are known. Much of its habitat is located on land owned and protected by the Bureau of Land Management.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Annual herb

Size
Size
2.3 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Yellow, White

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 7.1" - 14.6", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 0.33", Coldest Month: 41.2" - 50.6", Hottest Month: 74.3" - 76.7", Humidity: 1.52" - 24.86", Elevation: 173" - 2912"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Jared's Pepper-grass, Jared's Pepperweed


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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