Lepidium campestre |
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field cress, field pepper-grass, field pepper-weed, field peppergrass pepperwort |
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Habit | Annuals; densely hirsute. |
Stems | simple from base, erect, unbranched or branched distally, (0.8–)1.2–5(–6.3) dm. |
Basal leaves | rosulate; petiole (0.5–)1.5–6 cm; blade oblanceolate or oblong, (1–)2–6(–8) cm × 5–15 mm, margins entire, lyrate, or pinnatifid. |
Cauline leaves | sessile; oblong, lanceolate, or narrowly deltate-lanceolate, (0.7–)1–4(–6.5) cm × (2–)5–10(–15) mm, base sagittate or auriculate, margins dentate or subentire. |
Racemes | much-elongated in fruit; rachis hirsute, trichomes spreading, straight. |
Flowers | sepals oblong, (1–)1.3–1.8 × 0.6–0.8 mm; petals white, spatulate, (1.5–)1.8–2.5(–3) × (0.2–)0.5–0.7 mm, claw 0.6–1 mm; stamens 6; filaments (1.2–)1.5–1.8(–2) mm, (glabrous); anthers 0.3–0.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | horizontal, straight or slightly recurved, (terete), (3–)4–8(–10) × 0.3–0.4 mm, hirsute. |
Fruits | broadly oblong to ovate, (4–)5–6(–6.5) × (3–)4–5 mm, (curved adaxially), apically broadly winged, apical notch (0.2–)0.4–0.6 mm deep; valves thin, papillate except for wing, not veined; style 0.2–0.5(–0.7) mm, slightly exserted beyond, or included in, apical notch. |
Seeds | (dark brown), ovoid, 2–2.3(–2.8) × 1–1.4 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
Lepidium campestre |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Roadside, pastures, gardens, open flats, pine woodlands, rocky slopes, forests, waste grounds, disturbed areas, meadows, fields |
Elevation | 0-2600 m (0-8500 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; MS; MT; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; BC; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK; Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America, South Africa]
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 577. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Lepidieae > Lepidium |
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Synonyms | Thlaspi campestre, Neolepia campestris |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) W. T. Aiton: in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew. 4: 88. (1812) |
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