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Photographer: Dell O. Clark
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Family Brassicaceae
Cardaria pubescens (C.A.Mey.) Jarm.
globe-podded hoary-cress, hairy white-top
Cardaria: Greek for "heart-shaped," from the fruit
pubescens: with soft, downy hair
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, to 24" tall forb, hairy, including sepals and fruit |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted; inflorescence a dense cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | evenly divided into 2 segments, inflated pod |
| Leaf: | stem leaves arrow-shaped, appearing to clasp the stem |
| Habitat: | fields, roadsides, disturbed areas |
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