Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lepidium virginicum L. [Brassicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
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)
cresón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
escobilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
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)
mancuerno	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mastruz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mastruço	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mastuerzo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
menstruz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
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)
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 (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
virginia cress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
virginia pepper cress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
virginiakrassing	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
virginische kresse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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 (1863).
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	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Lepidium virginicum L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) 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 (Leitãoa 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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