upright pepperweed

Lepidium strictum

Member of pepperweeds (genus Lepidium)
mustard family (family Brassicaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• annual
• basal leaves not in a rosette, 2-pinnately lobed
• mid-cauline leaves pinnately lobed, lobes entire; base tapered
• no cauline leaf bases lobed or sagittate
• inflorescence crowded
• sepals 0.7–1 mm, persistent
• petals 0.2–0.5 mm, white, stamens 2
• fruit 2.5–3.3 mm, roundish, flat, tip winged, notch 0.3–0.6 mm
• valves prominently net-veined
• uncommon

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora