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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Poor Man's Pepper at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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)
Lepidium virginicum
COMMON NAME:
Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 (2/8/20):
Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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)
Lepidium virginicum
804
Forb
Winter annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in 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.
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal rosette usually absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
2 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p114
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p150
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p111
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p019
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p092
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p093
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p120
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p058
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p119