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Lepidium virginicum
tall pepperweed
Specimens
Photos

Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.

Habitat: Beach strand, grassy balds, grasslands, and other open areas at low elevations.

Flowers: March-June

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, beetles, wasps

Description:
General:

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.

Accepted Name:
Lepidium virginicum L.
Publication: Sp. Pl. 2: 645. 1753.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Infraspecies:
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Lepidium virginicum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Lepidium virginicum checklist entry

OregonFlora: Lepidium virginicum information

E-Flora BC: Lepidium virginicum atlas page

CalPhotos: Lepidium virginicum photos

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