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The most notable characteristic of field pepperweed is the raceme of flowers which forks off of the stem. These racemes are made up of first small white flowers and later green, flat and oval seedpods each about 6 mm long and 4 mm wide. [2] Each seedpod contains two brown, 2.5 mm long seeds.
Erigenia bulbosa, also known as harbinger of spring or pepper and salt, [2] is a flowering perennial plant in the family Apiaceae. E. bulbosa is the only species in the genus Erigenia and tribe Erigenieae . [ 3 ]
Flat-topped clusters of tiny, green flowers are followed by clusters of pea-sized, bluish-purple berries. Fruit fleshy, up to 5/8 inch in diameter, black and shiny when ripe. Fruit attractive to wildlife but possibly poisonous for humans. [2] [3] When young, the leaves of nekemias arborea (pepper vine) are a deep red color.
Lepidium densiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names common pepperweed, prairie peppergrass, elongate peppergrass, hairy-fruited peppergrass, and large-fruited peppergrass. [2] It is a common and widespread plant in North America, where it grows in many habitats across Canada and the United States.
The giant pepper vine is a vigorous and rapid-growing climbing plant with stems that become woody and covered in rough, grey bark. [1] At its most advanced stage of development, the stem can be 40 cm (16 in) thick at the base, and may reach 30–40 meters in length, [ 2 ] but the record is 230 feet (70 meters). [ 3 ]
Lepidium is a genus of plants in the mustard/cabbage family, Brassicaceae. The genus is widely distributed in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia. [2] It includes familiar species such as garden cress, maca, and dittander. General common names include peppercress, peppergrass, pepperweed, and pepperwort.
Zanthoxylum simulans, the Chinese-pepper, [2] Chinese prickly-ash or flatspine prickly-ash, is a flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to southern and central China, Taiwan, and South Korea. [1] It is one of several species of Zanthoxylum from which Sichuan pepper is produced. It is a spreading shrub or small tree growing to 7 m tall.
Lepidium latifolium, known by several common names including perennial pepperweed, [1] broadleaved pepperweed, pepperwort, or peppergrass, [2] dittander, dittany, and tall whitetop, [2] is a perennial plant that is a member of the mustard and cabbage family.