Coronopus didymus

Swinecress, Lesser Swinecress

Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.

Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

▲ ▼ mature, flowering plants

▲ ▼ mature flowering plants

▲ flowering portion of plant

▲ ▼ fruits on stem

Lesser Swinecress, Swinecress:

cool-season annual or biennial, with small rosette of deeply-divided, feather-like leaves
stems sprawl out more laterally than upright from the rosette, growing about 4-12" tall and equally wide or wider
leaves have strong odor if bruised/crushed/mowed
flowers are small, greenish�white, in axillary racemes
fruits appear as a pair of slightly-flattened, globe-like pods (siliques) joined together, forming a notch at the tip of the fruit
more common in southern U.S.
found in lawns, roadsides, vegetable crops, cool-season crops, disturbed sites