Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lepidium didymum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Wart-cress at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coronopus didymus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lepidium didymum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-05-001:
Coronopus didymus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carara didyma
COMMON NAME:
Wart-cress, Lesser Swine-cress
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cadi21_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lepidium didymum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coronopus didymus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lepidium didymum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-05-001:
Coronopus didymus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carara didyma
4070
Forb
Winter annual
Non-native: South America
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple: Pinnately dissected
Alternate & basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
2 stamens
Flowers in racemes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silicle
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