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



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

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

Lepidium virginicum ssp. virginicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lepidium virginicum ssp. virginicum

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

Lepidium virginicum   FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lepidium virginicum

 

COMMON NAME:
Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass


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image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_209

        

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

Roxanna Martin    rlm41711_137

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

Roxanna Martin    rlm42110_124

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Stem leaves smaller than basal leaves, alternate, toothed or entire, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

Gill Newberry    gn05_lepidium_virginicum

May        

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

JK Marlow    jkm170520_838

May    Sumter County    SC

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

JK Marlow    jkm170520_844

May    Sumter County    SC

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

JK Marlow    jkm170520_894

May    Sumter County    SC

Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve

Fruiting pedicels ascending to spreading. Silicles glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

JK Marlow    jkm170520_897

May    Sumter County    SC

Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve

Stems erect to ascending or decumbent, branched distally, per Flora of North America.

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

JK Marlow    jkm190520_8540

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

JK Marlow    jkm190520_8543

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

Roxanna Martin    rlm5211_14

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Petals white, entire, less than 1mm long, sometimes absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

Roxanna Martin    rlm5211_17b

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Silicle nearly orbicular, shallowly notched at the apex, winged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

Roxanna Martin    rlm5211_31

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Stem leaves narrowed at base but not clasping the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

Roxanna Martin    rlm52910_62

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

JK Marlow    s040519_cd

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

JK Marlow    jkm210624_1513

June    SpartanburgCounty    SC

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

JK Marlow    jkm210624_1514

June    SpartanburgCounty    SC

image of Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum, Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

JK Marlow    jkm060712_011

July    Raleigh County    WV

Grandview State Park

 

 

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lepidium virginicum ssp. virginicum

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lepidium virginicum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

804

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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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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