Key Identification Features
- Leaves are usually smooth-edged, but sometimes have a single tooth on one or both margins, and taper gradually into a more-or-less distinct petiole.
- However, the two taxa differ in many morphological features, including sepal persistence, silique shape, and growth habit.
- sativa as two separate, distinct species.
- Like Lepidium campestre, the most identifiable feature of Virginia pepperweed is its raceme, which grows from the plant's highly branched stem.
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