Lepidium campestre (L.) W. T. Aiton |
Currently Accepted Name: | Lepidium campestre (L.) W. T. Aiton |
Locality: | United States. Kentucky. Madison: Off eastern bypass I 75. Climbing hill on right from entrance of Taylorfork Eco Are, near wetlands. |
Description: | Herb, flowers bisexual, regular in racemes; 4, 4, 4+2, silicle; indicating Brassicaceae. Fruit wide as long, flat, notched at apex, tapering/rounded at base, 1-2 seeds in each locule-Ledidium. Petals are white, caulinge leaves auriculate/cordate clasping, thus campestre, not perfoliatum which is yellow. |
Habitat: | terrestrial, wetland, open, moist. |
Notes: | Associated Species: Brassica rapa, Poaceaes |