Field Pepper-grass - Lepidium campestre
Other Names:
Cream-anther Field Pepperwort, Field Pepperweed
Non-native Species
Global Rank:
GNR
State Rank:
SNA
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C-value:
0
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Taprooted annual. Stems erect, 12–50 cm, branched above. Basal leaves petiolate, oblanceolate, 2–12 cm long with entire to lobed margins. Stem leaves lanceolate, auriculate-clasping, dentate. Vestiture of stiff, simple hairs. Flowers white; petals 1.5–3 mm long; stamens 6. Fruit ovate, papillose, 4.5–6 mm long, winged and notched; style 0.4–0.8 mm long; pedicels spreading, pubescent, 4–6 mm long
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Disturbed or sparsely vegetated soil of grasslands, meadows, open forest, streambanks; plains, valleys, montane
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).