Ginninderra Peppercress

Lepidium ginninderense
Lepidium ginninderense
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Lepidium ginninderense

Small sprawling plant to 20 cm with a small number of ribbed branched stems arising from a rootstock. Very narrow leaves to 55 mm long are widely spaced along the stem. Inconspicuous green flowers with no petals.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Distinctive Features

Stems are ribbed with pimply short hairs. Thick fleshy leaves, shiny on upper surface, stem leaves very thin and narrow.
Biology

Perennial. Grassland environments. The only extant population of this species occurs in Belconnen Naval Transmission Station in the suburb of Lawson in the ACT (which is the type locality). The leaf and stems of Lepidium species were used by Aboriginal peoples as a food source, steaming them as a green.
Native Status
Native
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Lepidium
Species
ginninderense

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

All Lepidium are anti-scorbutic. The leaf and stems of Lepidium species were used by Abotigional peoples as a food source, steming them as a green.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native