Lepidium
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 Lepidium flavum in Mojave Desert
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Lepidium, commonly known as the peppergrasses or pepperworts, is a genus of plants in the mustard family Brassicaceae. It includes about 175 species found worldwide, including cress and pepperweed.
[edit] Species
- Lepidium campestre
- Lepidium draba
- Lepidium flavum
- Lepidium latifolium -- pepperweed
- Lepidium meyenii -- maca
- Lepidium montanum -- Western pepperweed or Western pepper-grass
- Lepidium oleraceum' -- Cook's scurvy grass (near extinct)
- Lepidium sativum
- Lepidium thurberi -- Thurber's peppergrass or Thurber's pepperweed
- Lepidium virginicum
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