Common peppercress

Family: Brassicaceae
Scientific name: Lepidium africanum
Description: Plant Form: Annual or perennial herb. Size: Up to 70 cm tall. Stem: Erect, branching. Leaves: Broad to narrow lance-shaped. Edges range from smooth to serrated. Tapering at base. Flowers: Small, in dense clusters at end of stems. Sepals are oval-shaped and much larger (0.6-0.8 mm long) than the thread-like petals. Fruit and Seeds: Along elongated unbranching stem, flattened, round and slightly winged or notched at the end. Containing flattened round brown seeds. Habitat: Roadsides, waste areas, open woodlands, grasslands, wetlands, lawns, pastures. Weed Status: Other Weed Weed Type: Common Lifeform: Herbaceous

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