Swine Wartcress

Coronopus didymus

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Growth conditions
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	0.3
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Annual, Biennial
Uses
Edible	true
Edible parts	Leaves
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Lesser swinecress, twin cress, bitter cress, calachin, cervellina, gangly, hallian, lesser wart-cress, lesser swine-cress, mastuerzo, mestruz, quimpe austria: zweiknoten-krhenfuá denmark: liden ravnefod germany: zweiknotiger krhenfuá lithuania: izskatiga varnaspeda norway: ramkarse sweden: hamnkrassing
Plants of the World Online Name (Synonym)	Lepidium didymum
Taxonomy
Family	Brassicaceae or cruciferae
Origin and spread
Native to	Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Falkland Is., Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Introduced into	Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Arizona, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Connecticut, Cook Is., Corse, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Illinois, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Pitcairn Is., Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Venezuela, Victoria, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Xinjiang, Zimbabwe
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Created: 2020-11-13 19:03:23 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-28 20:41:38 UTC by andrew-haupt

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Swine Wartcress

Coronopus didymus

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