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§1 Plant — species · Brassicaceae

Cardaria chalepensis (L.) Hand.-Maz.

vernacular lenspod whitetop


USDA
CACH42
GBIF
5376514 syn.
Rank
species
lenspod whitetop (Cardaria chalepensis)
Platephotograph · Fabio Mologni source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Brassicaceae Burnett
Genus
Cardaria
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 11 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CACH42 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5376514 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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