Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lepidium virginicum L. [Brassicaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Lepidium virginicum subsp. menziesii (DC.) Thell.

Lepidium virginicum subsp. virginicum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
altanisa	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
cresson alenois	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
cresson danois	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
cresson savane	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
cresón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
escobilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
halun	Other	Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
isohuanquil	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
least pepperwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
lentejilla	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
lepidium virginicum whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
lépidie de virginie	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mancuerno	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mastruz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mastruço	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mastuerzo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
menstruz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mexixquilitl	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
peppercress	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
peppergrass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
pepperwort	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
poor man's pepperwort	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
poor-man's-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
poor-man’s peppergrass	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sabe leccion	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
towdri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vassourinha-de-relógio	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
virginia cress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
virginia pepper cress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
virginia peppergrass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
virginia pepperweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
virginiakrassing	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
virginische kresse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
xoxouhcapahtli	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
大叶香荠菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葶苈子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
辣辣菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
whole plant		Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
herb, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stem, leaf, root		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Crucifera virginica (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 6: 158 (1902).
Dileptium virginicum (L.) Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 267 (1818).
Iberis virginica (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 2: 13 (1836).
Nasturtiastrum virginicum (L.) Gillet & Magne Nouv. Fl. Franç.: 39 (1862).
Nasturtium virginicum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 937 (1891).
Thlaspi virginicum (L.) Cav. Descr. Pl.: 413 (1802).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lepidium virginicum	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Lepidium virginicum L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lepidium virginicum Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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