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Argentine Pepperwort - Lepidium bonariense

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Argentine Pepperwort Argentine Pepperwort - Lepidium bonariense dylan Bristol 1 Sep 2024, 1:22 p.m. 24 Sep 2022, 12:21 p.m.
Argentine Pepperwort Argentine Pepperwort - Lepidium bonariense dylan Bristol 1 Sep 2024, 1:22 p.m. 24 Sep 2022, 12:24 p.m.
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Argentine Pepperwort Argentine Pepperwort - Lepidium bonariense dylan Bristol 1 Sep 2024, 1:22 p.m. 24 Sep 2022, 12:27 p.m.
Argentine Pepperwort Argentine Pepperwort - Lepidium bonariense dylan Bristol 1 Sep 2024, 1:22 p.m. 24 Sep 2022, 12:28 p.m.

Species Description

Very rare casual; mainly as a birdseed alien.

Stace 4:

Lepidium bonariense L. - Argentine Pepperwort.

Erect annual or biennial to 60cm; stem-leaves not clasping stem, 2-pinnate to deeply pinnately lobed; fruit 2-3.5mm, narrowly winged apically with shallow notch an shorter style; (2n=64). Neophyte-naturalised; infrequent casual on tips and in fields, mainly from wool and birdseed; very scattered in Britain, mostly South England, but now very rare; South America.

Useful Links:

Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

Weeds of Australia

Kew

GBIF

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