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Lepidium virginicum

Lepidium fremontii

tall pepperweed
Habit Sparsely to densely pubescent annual or biennial, the freely-branched stem 1.5-6 dm. tall.
Leaves

Basal leaves from toothed to nearly pinnate, oblanceolate, 5-15 cm. long and 1-5 cm. broad;

cauline leaves gradually reduced upward and often entire.

Flowers

Inflorescence of numerous, elongate, many-flowered racemes; pedicles slender, terete, longer than the fruits;

sepals 4;

petals 4, white, 1-3 mm. long;

stamens 2;

style lacking.

Fruits

Silicles elliptic-rotund to nearly orbicular, 2.5-4 mm. long, strongly obcompressed, glabrous, shallowly notched.

Lepidium virginicum

Lepidium fremontii
Flowering time March-June
Habitat Beach strand, grassy balds, grasslands, and other open areas at low elevations.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
L. appelianum, L. campestre, L. chalepense, L. densiflorum, L. dictyotum, L. didymum, L. draba, L. heterophyllum, L. latifolium, L. nitidum, L. oblongum, L. oxycarpum, L. perfoliatum, L. ramosissimum, L. sativum, L. strictum
L. appelianum, L. campestre, L. chalepense, L. densiflorum, L. dictyotum, L. didymum, L. draba, L. heterophyllum, L. latifolium, L. nitidum, L. oblongum, L. oxycarpum, L. perfoliatum, L. ramosissimum, L. sativum, L. strictum, L. virginicum
Subordinate taxa
L. virginicum ssp. menziesii, L. virginicum ssp. virginicum
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