Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_7972.JPG-07-21-2021
Flower name (scientific): Lepidium virginicum subsp. virginicum Linnaeus PY: 1753
Flower name (common): Virginia Peppergrass
Family name (common): Mustard
Family name (scientific): Brassicaceae
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Flower description:
     Size: 0.1 to 0.2 inches ( 0.3 to 0.5 cm)
     Petal count: 4
     Color: white
     Other: flower arrangement, Raceme
Plant description:
     Size: 6 to 24 inches ( 15. to 61. cm)
     Stem hairy:
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Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple and lobed
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     Other: Shape: leaf, basal spatulate, or oblanceolate, cauline oblanceolate or linear (FNA), cauline oblanceolate or obovate (IL), basal linear to oblanceolate or elliptic to obovate (MP)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common
Bloom time (typical): May to September
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual/Biennial
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Latitude: 44.801597
Longitude: -91.500052
Altitude: 237.20
Distribution: In Wisconsin:
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