common name synonyms: Poorman's Pepper, Virginian Peppercress, Peppergrass, Least Pepperweed
scientific name synonyms: L. apetalum, L. densiflorum, L. neglectum, L. ramosissimum, L. texanum; L. virginianum??
subclass: Dicotyledoneae
superorder: Caryophyllidae
order: Capparales
growth form: herb
life history: annual, biennial, perennial
level of invasiveness: naturalized
weedy in native range: Yes
noxious weed in the u.s.: No
type of introduction: Accidental
number of vectors: 4.0
introduced range: Europe, Britain, Netherlands
native range: North America
notes: widely introduced and naturalized; a persistent wool, timber, grain and bird seed alien; weed in Mexico, Venezuela, US, Brazil; in Netherlands, prob. pre-1987
invasiveness notes: naturalized
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