Is it a native?
Hoary Cress - introduced (*Lepidium drabra)
Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family).
Other names: Cardaria drabra
Occurrence: Widespread. It may be locally abundant along
- it is a leafy plant usually to about half a metre or less
- the white flowers have four petals and are in a flat-topped
cluster at the end of the stem
- the leaves are not toothed
- the fruit are small and heart-shaped.
Hoary Cress is a proclaimed noxious weed and is
Regionally Restricted in central Victoria. It is spread from root fragments, contaminated soil, and possibly by birds.
Hoary Cress. R: Whole (above-ground) plant. Below L: Leaves.
Centre: Flowers from above. Andrew St, Castlemaine.
2. Leaves. 3. Flowers from above. Andrew St, Castlemaine.
4. Plant in bud. Victoria Gully. 5. Hoary Cress growing along a
roadside verge, previously sprayed with herbicide. Neereman.