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§1 Plant

Cardaria chalepensis (L.) Hand.-Maz.

vernacular lenspod whitetop — species · Brassicaceae

USDA
CACH42
GBIF
5376514 syn.
Rank
species
lenspod whitetop (Cardaria chalepensis)
Platephotograph · Fabio Mologni source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Brassicaceae Burnett
Genus
Cardaria
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 11 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 11 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 11 counties across 1 state.

Montana view state ↗ 11 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CACH42 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5376514 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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