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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Brassicaceae
Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.
lesser swine-cress, wart-cress
Coronopus: from Greek korone, "crown," and pous, "foot," from the deeply cleft leaves like the points of a crown
didymus: in pairs, double or twin
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | sprawling annual/biennial, 4"-16" tall forb, with a foul odor; many branches from a central point; long taproot |
| Flower: | white to greenish, tiny, 4-parted, petals barely longer than the sepals; inflorescence a cluster of stalked flowers; blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | round, tightly clustered, coarsely wrinkled pod |
| Leaf: | oblong, pinnately-divided |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas |
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