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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Read more about Poor Man's Pepper at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_209
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Roxanna Martin rlm41711_137
April Spartanburg County SC
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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).
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Gill Newberry gn05_lepidium_virginicum
May
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JK Marlow jkm170520_838
May Sumter County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170520_844
May Sumter County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170520_894
May Sumter County SC
Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve
Fruiting pedicels ascending to spreading. Silicles glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8540
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8543
May Greenville County SC
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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).
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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).
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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).
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Roxanna Martin rlm52910_62
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow s040519_cd
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1513
June SpartanburgCounty SC
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1514
June SpartanburgCounty SC
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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p114
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p150
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p111
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p019
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p092
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p139
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p093
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p120
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p058
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p119
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