Clasping Pepperweed

Clasping Pepperweed

Lepidium perfoliatum L.

Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

▲ ▼ mature, flowering plants

▲ ▼ flowering and fruit detail, showing stem-surrounding upper leaves

▲ ▼ basal foliage on immature plants

Clasping Pepperweed:

biennial or cool-season annual weed
has finely-divided rosette leaves, followed by stem leaves that encircle the stem in the upper portion of the plant as flowering begins
similar to other annual pepperweeds in flower and fruit type
more common in northern and western part of midwest