8. Lepidium latifolium L.

Lepidium latifolium L. 1753, Sp. Pl. 2: 644; Wiedem. und E. Weber, 1852, Beschr. Phan. Gew. Esth. Liv. Curl.: 365; Н. Буш, 1939, Фл. СССР, 8: 515; Eleksis, 1955, Latv. PSR Fl. 2: 380, in adnot.; Vasc. 1964, Fl. Europ. 1: 332; Vasc. rev. Akeroyd and T. C. G. Rich, 1993, Fl. Europ., ed. 2, 1: 401; В. И. Дороф. 2012, Консп. фл. Вост. Европы, 1: 424.

Habitat. Railway verges, railway tracks, waste dumps, street edges, roadside.

Distribution in Latvia. Very rare, Coastal Lowland – Riga (Bolderāja) (13/26, L. Tabaka, 1982, LATV; V. Šulcs, 1988, LATV; G. Gavrilova, 2002, LATV), Dubulti (14/24, E. Vimba, 1980, RIG), Riga (Deglava iela) (14/27, I. Šulcs, 1960, 1961, LDM; G. Kļaviņa, 1976, LATV), Riga (Šķirotava) (15/27, A. Šulcs, 1960, RAS), Liepāja (19/2, I. Kabucis, 1990, 1993, 1996, LATV); Eastern Latvia – Daugavpils (27/46, G. Kļaviņa, 1981, LATV; I. Kabucis, 1993, LATV), alien species.

General distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia, meridionale zone to temperate zone. Alien species in North America.