Perforated Pennycress

Thlaspi perfoliatum L.

Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

▲▼ mature, flowering plants

▲▼ flowers and fruit

▲ leaf

▲ large patch near bermudagrass golf course

      perforated pennycress is somewhat similar to, but much smaller than field pennycress

• * native to Europe

• * only grows 4-8 inches tall

• * commonly found in open turf and warm-season turf in winter

• * has leaves that clasp around stem

• * flowers are small, white, with four petals, appearing in early spring

• * fruit is a small, heart-shaped silique, somewhat upcurved and flat, but with an inflated center