Common name:
Smith's pepperwort
Family:
Scientific name:
Lepidium heterophyllum
Main flower color:
Range:
Most regions of the British Isles, especially Wales and southwest England
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Dry, grassy places, often coastal
Flowers:
Four clawed white petals, non-overlapping, and four sepals, green with whitish margins. The six anthers have white filaments and richly-coloured anthers, orange, red or purplish. The inflorescence is a dense, vertical cluster
Fruit:
Flattened, two-celled capsules, often concave, with a notch and style at the tip, this projecting well beyond the notch
Leaves:
Basal leaves, withering before flowering, are ovate, short-stalked, untoothed, while the stem leaves are clasping, lanceolate, with a few lobes, or teeth near the base. All are covered with short hairs, as are the pedicels and stems - several stems per plant
Season:
May to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
