Virginia pepperweed

Lepidium virginicum

Mustard family (Brassicaceae) 6

Summary 7

Lepidium virginicum, also known as least pepperwort, Virginia pepperweed or peppergrass, is an annual or biennial plant in the Brassicaceae or mustard family. It is native to much of North America, including most of the United States and Mexico and southern regions of Canada, as well as most of Central America. It can be found elsewhere as an introduced species.

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Cornell Weed Identification, Cornell University.

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  1. (c) Vitaly Charny, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Vitaly Charny, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67111866
  2. (c) Mark Kluge, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Mark Kluge, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6076940
  3. (c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Douglas Goldman, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145895410
  4. (c) 葉子, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by 葉子, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151614085
  5. (c) Susan J. Hewitt, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Susan J. Hewitt, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19403940
  6. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  7. Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidium_virginicum

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Flower hue white
Plant family Brassicaceae