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Field Peppergrass or Cow-cress

Lepidium campestre

Mustard Family - Brassicaceae or Cruciferae

Stem leaves rather small, lance-shaped, toothed with the base clasping the stem, while basal leaves are elongated and entire.

(Photographed - late May and July)

Upright, 6 to 24" plants with an elongated terminal cluster of tiny white flowers with four petals, below which are numerous stalked, flattened seed pods, which are slightly longer than wide and have a slight indentation at the top.