Capsella.—Shepherd's Purse.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
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Lepidium sativum L.
Engl.: garden cress, creasy greens, garden pepper-grass, upland cress.
Deu.: Gartenkresse.
Fran.: cresson alénois.
Sven.: smörgåskrasse, kryddkrasse, kryddkrassing, sommarkrasse.
Suom.: vihantakrassi, ryytikrassi, vihanneskrassi.
Bot. syn.: Thlaspi sativum (L.) Crantz.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Elizabeth Blackwell, 1737 (Vol. 1), 1739 (Vol. 2).
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Gamla texter: Kryddor och kryddodling, 1919.
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