Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Thlaspi arvense
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Field Pennycress at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thlaspi arvense
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-02-002:
Thlaspi arvense
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Field Pennycress, Frenchweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_thar5_001_lvd
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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.
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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 (11/30/12):
Thlaspi arvense
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thlaspi arvense
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-02-002:
Thlaspi arvense
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
3233
Forb
Winter annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in NC, rare in GA-SC
Look for it in fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered toward the end of flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens slightly tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silicle
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