2. Lepidium sativum L.

Lepidium sativum L. 1753, Sp. Pl. 2: 644; Ilster, 1893, Korrbl. Naturf.-Ver. Riga, 36: 68;

Н. Буш, 1939, Фл. СССР, 8: 508; Vasc. 1964, Fl. Europ. 1: 331; Vasc. rev. Akeroyd and T. C. G. Rich, 1993, Fl. Europ., ed. 2, 1: 400; В. И. Дороф. 2012, Консп. фл. Вост. Европы, 1: 427.

Habitat. Weed-laden sites, fields.

Distribution in Latvia. Very rare. Coastal Lowland – Carnikava (12/28, A. Rasiņš, without the year of collecting, RAS), Rīga (Lucavsala) (14/26, H. Zariņa, 1988, LATV), Liepāja (20/2, L. Tabaka, 1970, LATV); Central Latvia – Salaspils (Botāniskais dārzs) (15/28, J. Strazdiņš, 1987, LATV), Koknese (18/37, V. Mühlenbach, 1931, RIG), escaped cultivated species.

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n. Central Europe, Mediterranean region, Caucasus, Asia Minor, the Himalayas, Africa, subtropicale zone to temperate zone.