Thlaspi arvense |
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fan weed, field penny-cress, penny-cress, stinkweed |
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Habit | Plants (sometimes glaucous), glabrous throughout. |
Stems | (0.9–)1.5–5.5(–8) dm. |
Basal leaves | not rosulate; petiole 0.5–3 cm; blade oblanceolate, spatulate, or obovate, 1–5 cm × 4–23 mm, base attenuate or cuneate, margins entire, repand, or coarsely dentate, apex rounded. |
Cauline leaves | blade oblong, (0.5–)1.5–4(–8) cm × (2–)5–15(–25) mm, apex rounded, obtuse, or subacute. |
Flowers | sepals (1.5–)2–3(–3.3) × 1–1.5 mm; petals (2.4–)3–4.5(–5) × (0.8–)1.1–1.7 mm, narrowed to clawlike base (ca. 1 mm), apex obtuse or emarginate; filaments (1–)1.5–2.2 mm; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | straight or slightly upcurved, (5–)9–13(–15) mm. |
Fruits | obovate or suborbicular, (0.6–)0.9–2 cm × (5–)7–20 mm, base obtuse or rounded, apex deeply emarginate, notch ca. 5 mm deep; wings broad throughout, 1–1.5 mm wide basally, 3.5–5 mm wide apically; ovules 6–16 per ovary; style 0.1–0.3 mm. |
Seeds | (1.2–)1.6–2(–2.3) × 1.1–1.3 mm, concentrically striate. |
2n | = 14. |
Thlaspi arvense |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Aug. |
Habitat | Roadsides, fields, waste places, lawns, gardens, railroad tracks, stream banks, bluffs, thickets, slopes, floodplains, woods |
Elevation | 0-2000 m (0-6600 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Thlaspi arvense is a cosmopolitan weed of Eurasian origin. Cattle feeding on it develop tainted milk. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 746. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Thlaspideae > Thlaspi |
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Synonyms | Teruncius arvensis |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 646. (1753) |
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