NameThatPlant.net: Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum FAMILY Brassicaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Poor Man's Pepper at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-04-003:

Lepidium virginicum FAMILY Brassicaceae

COMMON NAME:
Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-04-003:
Lepidium virginicum FAMILY Brassicaceae

804

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal rosette usually absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
2 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Silicle

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