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Foodplant / spot causer
colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph of Mycosphaerella capsellae causes spots on live leaf of Lepidium virginicum
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The seeds are used medicinally.
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Description
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Annual, 30-50 cm tall, often unbranched above, erect, minutely hairy on the stem or + downy with long downwardly curved, appressed simple hairs on raised bases. Basal leaves lyrate or pinnately lobed with large rounded terminal lobe and numerous much smaller lateral lobes, up to 8 cm long, rough with short bristles; middle and cauline leaves simple, sharply toothed and ciliate; uppermost linear, c. 15 mm long, 2 mm broad. Flowers similar to the previous species but petals always present and longer than sepals. Siliculae 3-(-4) mm long, 2.5-3(-3.5) mm broad, almost orbicular with a broad but shallow notch towards the aepx including almost sessile stigma within it.
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Description
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Herbs annual or biennial, (6-)15-55(-70) cm tall, pubescent with curved, usually subappressed trichomes. Stems erect, branched above. Basal leaves with petioles 0.5-3.5 cm; leaf blade obovate, spatulate, or oblanceolate, (1-)2.5-10(-15) × 0.5-3(-5) cm, margin pinnatifid or lyrate; lobes oblong, serrate or dentate, apex acute. Cauline leaves shortly petiolate; leaf blade oblanceolate or linear, 1-6 cm × (2-)5-10 mm, base attenuate to subcuneate, margin serrate or entire, apex acute. Infructescence lax or rarely dense; puberulent with curved, subappressed trichomes. Fruiting pedicels slender, straight, spreading, 2.5-4(-6) mm, usually glabrous abaxially. Sepals oblong, (0.5-)0.7-1(-1.1) × 0.5-0.7 mm, margin and apex white, pilose outside. Petals white, spatulate, 1-1.5(-2) × 0.2-0.6 mm, base attenuate, apex rounded, rarely rudimentary. Stamens 2; filaments 0.6-0.8 mm; anthers 0.1-0.2 mm. Fruit orbicular, 2.5-3.5(-4) mm in diam., narrowly winged apically, apex emarginate; apical notch 0.2-0.5 mm; style 0.1-0.2 mm, included in apical notch. Seeds reddish brown, ovate-oblong, usually narrowly winged at least distally, 1.3-1.7(-1.9) × 0.7-1 mm; cotyledons accumbent. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. May-Sep. 2n = 32*.
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Distribution
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Distribution: Native of N. America, introduced in Europe and other cooler countries.
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Distribution
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Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Japan, Pakistan, Russia; native to North America; introduced elsewhere].
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl. Per.: April June.
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Habitat
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Fields, roadsides, waste places, grassy areas; near sea level to 1000 m.
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Lepidium virginicum
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Lepidium virginicum, also known as least pepperwort[1] or Virginia pepperweed,[2] is an herbaceous plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). It is native to much of North America, including most of the United States and Mexico and southern regions of Canada, as well as most of Central America. It can be found elsewhere as an introduced species.
Virginia pepperweed grows as a weed in most crops and is found in roadsides, landscapes and waste areas.[3] It prefers sunny locales with dry soil.
Description
Lepidium virginicum is an herbaceous annual or biennial. The entire plant is generally between 10 and 50 centimeters tall.[4] The leaves on the stems of Virginia pepperweed are sessile, linear to lanceolate and get larger as they approach the base.[3]
As with Lepidium campestre, Virginia pepperweed's most identifiable characteristic is its raceme, which comes from the plant's highly branched stem.[3] The racemes give Virginia pepperweed the appearance of a bottlebrush.[3] On the racemes are first small white flowers, and later greenish fruits.
All parts of the plant have a peppery taste.
Uses
The plant is edible. The young leaves can be used as a potherb, sautéed or used raw, such as in salads.[5] The young seedpods can be used as a substitute for black pepper. The leaves contain protein, vitamin A and vitamin C.[5]
References
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^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Lepidium virginicum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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^ a b c d Richard H. Uva, Joseph C. Neal and Joseph M. Ditomaso, Weeds of The Northeast, (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997), pp. 178–79.
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^ Elias, Thomas S.; Dykeman, Peter A. (2009) [1982]. Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods. New York: Sterling. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-4027-6715-9. OCLC 244766414.
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^ a b Allen Peterson, Edible Wild Plants, (New York City: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977), p. 26.
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Lepidium virginicum: Brief Summary
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Lepidium virginicum, also known as least pepperwort or Virginia pepperweed, is an herbaceous plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). It is native to much of North America, including most of the United States and Mexico and southern regions of Canada, as well as most of Central America. It can be found elsewhere as an introduced species.
Virginia pepperweed grows as a weed in most crops and is found in roadsides, landscapes and waste areas. It prefers sunny locales with dry soil.
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