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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Brassicaceae
Lepidium densiflorum Schrad.
prairie pepper-weed, small peppergrass
Lepidium: from the Greek lepidion, meaning "a little scale," in reference to the shape of the fruit pods
densiflorum: densely flowered
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 8"-20" tall forb, with thin short hairs |
| Flower: | 4-parted, either no petals or shorter than the sepals; inflorescence a 2"- 4" long cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | oval, flat pod usually widest above the middle, notched at the tip  |
| Leaf: | lower leaves coarsely toothed to pinnately-divided; the upper leaves not clasping |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; disturbed areas, fields, roadsides |
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