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Lepidium ruderale L.

narrow-leaved pepperwort (Brassicaceae / Cruciferae)

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Lepidium ruderale is, as its scientific name suggests, a plant of waste ground, found scattered across England, and much less frequently in Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Harrow (VC21: Middlesex); 2018-05-17

 narrow-leaved pepperwort / Lepidium ruderale: _Lepidium ruderale_ is, as its scientific name suggests, a plant of waste ground, found scattered across England, and much less frequently in Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Lepidium ruderale has pinnately divided lower leaves but simple upper leaves.

Harrow (VC21: Middlesex); 2018-05-17

 narrow-leaved pepperwort / Lepidium ruderale: _Lepidium ruderale_ has pinnately divided lower leaves but simple upper leaves.

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