Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Brassicales
Family:Brassicaceae
Genus:Lepidium
EditorBektemir Osmonali
Scientific name: Lepidium latifolium L.
Name acc. to:Bektemir
Herbar:list records    scans available    
Synonym: Lepidium affine Ledebour (acc. to Flora of China)
Synonym: Lepidium sibiricum Schweigger (acc. to Flora of China)
Description:Herbs perennial, (20-)35-120(-150) cm tall. Stems erect, many branched above, slightly woody at base, glabrous or pubescent, often glaucous. Uppermost cauline leaves sessile or subsessile, leathery; fruit not carinate; seeds (0.8-)1-1.3 mm.
Link to Flora of China:http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200009584
Habitat:Solonetzes, solonchaks, alkaline banks of springs, small rivers and lake coasts, alkaline sands, sandy steppes, nomad camp sites