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hairy pepperweed, medium pepperweed

garden cress, garden pepperwort, pepper cress

Habit Plants annual, glabrous or sparsely pilose, often glaucous.
Stems

(1)2–8(10) dm.

Basal leaves

not rosulate, 2–8(10) cm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid or -pinnatisect;

lobes ovate to oblong;

margins entire or dentate;

petioles 1–4 cm.

Cauline leaves

less divided; uppermost leaves often linear, bases not auriculate;

margins entire, petiolate.

Inflorescences

rachises glabrous, fruiting pedicels erect to ascending, appressed to rachis; terete or rarely slightly flattened; straight, 1.5–4(6) mm, glabrous.

Flowers

sepals caducous, 1–1.8 mm;

petals spatulate to obovate, 2–4 × 0.7–1.4 mm, white or lavender;

stamens 6;

styles 0.2–0.5(0.8) mm, included in or rarely subequaling apical notch.

Fruits

dehiscent, broadly ovate or ovate-oblong; (4)5–6.4(7) × 3–4.5(5.6) mm; apical notch 0.2–0.8 mm deep;

valves smooth, glabrous, not veined, apically broadly winged.

Seeds

ovate-oblong, 2–2.7(3) × 1–1.5 mm;

cotyledons incumbent, 3-lobed.

2n

=16, 32.

Lepidium virginicum

Lepidium sativum

Distribution
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Discussion

Disturbed areas, cultivated areas. Flowering Apr–Aug. 0–400 m. WV. CA, WA; scattered throughout northern North America; Africa, Asia, Europe. Exotic.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 496
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Sibling taxa
L. acutidens, L. appelianum, L. campestre, L. chalepense, L. davisii, L. densiflorum, L. dictyotum, L. didymum, L. draba, L. graminifolium, L. heterophyllum, L. latifolium, L. montanum, L. nitidum, L. oblongum, L. perfoliatum, L. pinnatifidum, L. ruderale, L. sativum, L. strictum
L. acutidens, L. appelianum, L. campestre, L. chalepense, L. davisii, L. densiflorum, L. dictyotum, L. didymum, L. draba, L. graminifolium, L. heterophyllum, L. latifolium, L. montanum, L. nitidum, L. oblongum, L. perfoliatum, L. pinnatifidum, L. ruderale, L. strictum, L. virginicum
Subordinate taxa
L. virginicum ssp. menziesii
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