Skye Flora

Field Pennycress


Thlaspi arvense

 

Thlaspi arvense

Photo © Carl Farmer
25 June 2003 Armadale

Rare in Skye, a weed of gardens and waste ground.

Flower diameter c 5 mm, ripe capsules c 15 mm

Skye ID: Capsules round with broad wings and a notch in the top, containing a style much shorter than the notch.  In Smith's Pepperwort the style projects beyond the tip of the capsule.

Other features: Hairless, annual or biennial.  Lower leaves broad and usually distantly toothed, upper leaves narrower, clasping the stem.

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Thlaspi arvense

Photo © Carl Farmer
25 June 2003 Armadale

  Thlaspi arvense

Photo © Carl Farmer
25 June 2003 Armadale

     

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