Eastwood's tall pepperwort habitat

Description:

Lepidium eastwoodiae Wooton. While appearing somewhat bushy, note the tall plants/stems at the left and the plant that has fallen over at the right. This species can be an annual, biennial or perennial. It is been greatly confused with other taxa. Axel Rydberg described the habitat of L. eastwoodiae as "river valleys" in his Flora of Colorado (1906). While not always the case, that is an apt description. Plants in this location were not far from Indian Creek and certainly in a river valley system. Plants are frequently seen growing along or near rivers in southeastern, Utah, although their occupied habitat is not riparian.September 4, 2011, Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, San Juan Co., Utah. 6,160 ft. elev., sandy wash