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heart-podded hoary cress, hoary pepperwort

purple-anther field pepperweed, Smith's pepperwort

Habit Plants perennial, hirsute to subglabrous; rhizomatous. Plants perennial, hirsute; with branched caudices.
Stems

(0.8)2–6.5(9) dm.

1–5 dm.

Basal leaves

not rosulate, obovate, spatulate, or ovate; (1.5)3–10(15) × 1–4 cm;

margins dentate or entire;

petioles 1–4 cm.

rosulate, oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 1–4.5 cm × 4–14 mm;

margins dentate or entire;

petioles 1–6.2 cm.

Cauline leaves

ovate, elliptic, oblong, lanceolate, or obovate; (1)3–9(15) × (0.5)1–2(5) cm, bases sagittate-amplexicaul or auriculate;

margins dentate or entire, sessile.

oblong to deltoid-lanceolate, 1–3.5 cm × 3–8 mm, bases sagittate or auriculate;

margins dentate to denticulate.

Inflorescences

corymbose panicles;

rachises glabrous or puberulent with straight or curved cylindrical trichomes, fruiting pedicels ascending to horizontal; terete; straight, 5–10(15) mm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent adaxially.

elongated;

rachises hirsute with straight, spreading trichomes, fruiting pedicels horizontal; terete; straight or slightly recurved, 2.8–5 mm; hirsute all around.

Flowers

sepals caducous, 1.5–2.5 mm;

petals obovate; (2.5)3–4(4.5) × (1)1.3–2(2.2) mm, white;

stamens 6;

styles (0.6)1–1.8(2) mm.

sepals caducous, 1.6–2.2 mm;

petals spatulate, 1.8–2.8 × 0.8–1.4 mm, white;

stamens 6;

styles (0.6)1–1.5 mm; well exserted beyond apical notch.

Fruits

indehiscent, flattened, cordate to subreniform; (2)2.5–3.7(4.3) × (3.2)3.7–5(5.6) mm;

tips obtuse to subacute; apical notch absent;

valves smooth, glabrous, reticulate-veined; wingless.

dehiscent, broadly oblong to ovate, 4–5.5 × 3.5–4 mm, incurved adaxially; apical notch 0.2–0.3 mm deep;

valves often not papillate, not veined, apically broadly winged.

Seeds

ovate, 1.5–2.3 × 1–1.3 mm; wingless;

cotyledons incumbent.

ovoid, 1.8–2.2 × 1–1.2 mm; wingless;

cotyledons incumbent.

2n

=32, 64.

=48.

Lepidium draba

Lepidium heterophyllum

Distribution
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Discussion

Disturbed areas, fields, riverbanks. Flowering Apr–Aug. 0–1700 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Owy, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout North America except northern Canada and southeast US; nearly worldwide. Exotic.

Disturbed areas, fields, gardens, hillsides. Flowering Apr–Jun. 0–800 m. CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, WA; north to British Columbia, NJ, NY, MA; Europe. Exotic.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 494
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 494
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Sibling taxa
L. acutidens, L. appelianum, L. campestre, L. chalepense, L. davisii, L. densiflorum, L. dictyotum, L. didymum, L. graminifolium, L. heterophyllum, L. latifolium, L. montanum, L. nitidum, L. oblongum, L. perfoliatum, L. pinnatifidum, L. ruderale, L. sativum, L. strictum, L. virginicum
L. acutidens, L. appelianum, L. campestre, L. chalepense, L. davisii, L. densiflorum, L. dictyotum, L. didymum, L. draba, L. graminifolium, L. latifolium, L. montanum, L. nitidum, L. oblongum, L. perfoliatum, L. pinnatifidum, L. ruderale, L. sativum, L. strictum, L. virginicum
Synonyms Cardaria draba, Cardaria draba var. draba, Lepidium draba ssp. draba
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