Taxonomy
Lepidium sativum | Garden Cress
Distribution
Status
Conservation status
Not protected
Native status
Neophyte
Species Biology
Habitat
Disturbed and cultivated ground, roadsides and rubbish tips
Life cycle
Perennial
Ex-situ conservation
Not known
Use
Food crop
Vegetative nature
Herbaceous
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2024
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Further information
This is the cress of 'mustard and cress', which occurs occasionally in the wild as an escape. Like the mustard it is sold commercially when only a few centimetres high.