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Lepidium campestre (L.) W. T. Aiton
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Herbarium:Eastern Kentucky University, Ronald L. Jones Herbarium (EKY)Herbarium's Specimen Details Page
Family:Brassicaceae
Currently Accepted Name:Lepidium campestre (L.) W. T. Aiton
Herbarium Name Used:Lepidium campestre
Locality:United States. Kentucky. Madison: Off eastern bypass I 75. Climbing hill on right from entrance of Taylorfork Eco Are, near wetlands. 37° 42' 55" N, 84° 17' 39" W
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
Collector:Brenna Rowan 11
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Accession No:31234100768306

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