Pronunciation: leh-PID-ee-um per-fo-lee-AY-tum
Common name: Clasping pepperweed
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Habitat: Roadsides, fields to 7000', widely naturalized
in California, native to Eurasia
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Lepidium
2) perfoliatum