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Lepidium campestre (L.) W. T. Aiton

field pepperwort (Brassicaceae / Cruciferae)

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Lepidium campestre is very similar to native Lepidium heterophyllum, grows in similar ruderal habitats, and may be non-native.

Browndown (VC11: South Hampshire); 2017-05-09

 field pepperwort / Lepidium campestre: _Lepidium campestre_ is very similar to native _Lepidium heterophyllum_, grows in similar ruderal habitats, and may be non-native.

Lepidium campestre has numerous clasping stem-leaves with pointed auricles.

Browndown (VC11: South Hampshire); 2017-05-09

 field pepperwort / Lepidium campestre: _Lepidium campestre_ has numerous clasping stem-leaves with pointed auricles.

Lepidium campestre has yellow anthers, and fruits that often lack the surface papillae and on which the style barely exceeds the wings (Lepidium heterophyllum has purple anthers and papillose fruits with protruding styles).

Browndown (VC11: South Hampshire); 2017-05-09

 field pepperwort / Lepidium campestre: _Lepidium campestre_ has yellow anthers, and fruits that often lack the surface papillae and on which the style barely exceeds the wings (_Lepidium heterophyllum_ has purple anthers and papillose fruits with protruding styles).

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