OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thlaspi arvense   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thlaspi arvense   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Thlaspi arvense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Thlaspi arvense

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-02-002:

Thlaspi arvense   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Thlaspi arvense

 

COMMON NAME:
Field Pennycress, Frenchweed


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image of Thlaspi arvense, Field Pennycress, Frenchweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_thar5_001_lvd

        

image of Thlaspi arvense, Field Pennycress, Frenchweed

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_215

        

image of Thlaspi arvense, Field Pennycress, Frenchweed

JK Marlow    jkm140521_108

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Fruits obovate or suborbicular, pedicels straight or slightly upcurved, per Flora of North America.

image of Thlaspi arvense, Field Pennycress, Frenchweed

JK Marlow    jkm140521_108b

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Fruit base obtuse or rounded, apex deeply emarginate, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thlaspi arvense   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thlaspi arvense   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thlaspi arvense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thlaspi arvense

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-02-002:
Thlaspi arvense   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thlaspi arvense

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3233

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in NC (rare in GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered toward the end of flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens slightly tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Silicle

 

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