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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.
Another possible explanation is that Silaum may be derived from the yellow ochre, related to the colour of the plant's flowers. [3] Silaus is an old generic name [8] used by Pliny. [3] Silaum silaus bears the common name pepper-saxifrage (with or without hyphenation) despite being neither a saxifrage nor peppery in taste. [9]
Peperomia pellucida (also known by common names pepper elder, shining bush plant, crab claw herb, and man to man) is an annual, shallow-rooted herb, usually growing to a height of about 15 to 45 cm (6 to 18 inches), it is characterized by succulent stems, shiny, heart-shaped, fleshy leaves and tiny, dot-like seeds attached to several fruiting spikes.
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 ]
Senna clavigera, commonly known as pepper leaf senna, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a perennial herb with pinnate leaves with four to seven pairs of lance-shaped to elliptic leaflets, and groups of four to twenty yellow flowers in upper leaf axils.
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.