. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 6. Lepidium sativum L Tiarden, Town or Golden Pepper-grass or Cress. Fig. 2042. Lcpidn Sp. PI. 644. 1753. Annual, glabrous, bright green, stem slender, usually much branched, about 1° high. Lower leaves 2-pinnate, or pinnate with the segments lobed or pinnatifid. 3'-7' long, the lobes entire or incised; upper leaves sessile or nearly so, entire or incised, much smaller; flow
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 6. Lepidium sativum L Tiarden, Town or Golden Pepper-grass or Cress. Fig. 2042. Lcpidn Sp. PI. 644. 1753. Annual, glabrous, bright green, stem slender, usually much branched, about 1° high. Lower leaves 2-pinnate, or pinnate with the segments lobed or pinnatifid. 3'-7' long, the lobes entire or incised; upper leaves sessile or nearly so, entire or incised, much smaller; flowers in loose elongated racemes, about i" broad; petals pres- ent ; stamens 6; silicles ovate-oval, about 2" high and i" wide, equalling or longer than their pedicels, emarginate, winged all around; style short. In waste places, Quebec to New Yojk and British Columbia. Escaped from gardens. Native of Eu- rope. Much cultivated for its pungent foliage. Petals often pinkish. Tongue-grass. May-Aug.
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