Lepidium campestre (L.) R.Br.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Brassicaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Densely short-hairy annual or biennial 2–5 dm; basal lvs elongate, oblanceolate, entire to shallowly lobed; cauline lvs erect or ascending, lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 2–4 cm, entire or denticulate, sessile, clasping by acute auricles; racemes dense, to 15 cm, the mature pedicels divergent, 4–8 mm; pet white, 2–2.5 mm; stamens 6; anthers yellow; frs oblong- ovate, 5–6 mm, broadly winged above, the short style barely or scarcely exsert; 2n=16. Native of Europe, established as a weed of fields, roadsides, and waste places through our range and westward. May, June.
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Common Names
field-cress