Lepidium draba
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Tall witetop, Hoary cress, Whitlow pepperwort
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Seeds
The leaves are eaten raw in salads or cooked, and are fried with eggs. The seeds are also edible. The plant is sold in local markets.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 2,600 m above sea level.
Africa, Argentina, Armenia, Asia, Australia, Britain, Canada, Caucasus, Chile, Europe, India, Ireland, Italy, Mediterranean, Mexico, New Zealand, North America, Pakistan, Sicily, South Africa, South America, Tasmania, Turkey, Türkiye, Uruguay, USA,
How to Identify
A cabbage family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are oblong and pale grey-green. They are 3-10 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. They have small teeth and curved spines. The flowers are small and white in dense clusters.
How to Grow
It can spread by seeds or rhizomes.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Lepidium draba, also known as whitetop, hoary cress, or Thanet cress, is a rhizomatous perennial flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to western Asia and southeastern Europe and has been widely introduced elsewhere.
Other Information
It is sold in local markets.
Names & Synonyms
Bashka, Dadhwal, Ghora wal, Ghurghwast, Khruk, Kineber, Kinevre, Kiniberk, Kinnibre, Koori sana, Paron banjar, Pepper cress, Qineber, Qunebark, Senna, Suchi senna, Thanetweed, Xardal, Xerdil
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