Clasping Pepperweed

Lepidium perfoliatum L.

Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

 

▲▼mature, flowering plants

 

▲▼mature, flowering plants

 

 

▲▼ flowering and fruit detail, showing stem-surrounding upper leaves

 

 

▲▼ basal foliage on immature plants

 

▲▼ basal foliage on immature plants

 

Clasping Pepperweed: 

      biennial or cool-season annual weed

      has finely-divided rosette leaves, followed by stem leaves that encircle the stem in the upper portion of the plant as flowering begins

      similar to other annual pepperweeds in flower and fruit type

      more common in northern and western part of midwest