North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Brassicaceae > Lepidium (pepper grass, pepperweed)
	Lepidium virginicum (Pepper Grass, Virginica Pepperweed) Orange Co., NC 21 May 2008 Although native, this plant grows in various weedy, disturbed habitats.
	Lepidium virginicum (Pepper Grass, Virginica Pepperweed) Orange Co., NC 21 May 2008 Seeds are contained in flat, round fruits called a silicle.
	Lepidium virginicum (Pepper Grass, Virginica Pepperweed) Orange Co., NC 21 May 2008
	Lepidium virginicum (Pepper Grass, Virginica Pepperweed) Orange Co., NC 21 May 2008

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.