Field Pennycress Thlaspi arvense LinnaeusNon-native    
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Brassicales   >   Family Brassicaceae   >   Genus Thlaspi   

Status:

"Naturalized from Europe; Labrador to Alaska, and southward" (Reed, 1964).

Description:

Stem is hairless; stalked basal leaves; stem leaves slightly clasping. Does not smell strongly of garlic. Compare recently established Roadside Pennycress, which is not treated in most popular Eastern U.S. wildflower guides.

There are 95 records in the project database.

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Field Pennycress growing in Kent Co., Maryland (5/14/2015). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/6/2014). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/6/2014). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress fruiting in Cecil Co., Maryland (5/24/2019). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/6/2014). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/3/2012). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress blooming in Calvert Co., Maryland (3/30/2017). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress in Bozeman, Montana (7/28/2009). Photo by Matt Lavin. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/6/2017). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/21/2018). Photo by Mark Eanes. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress in Carroll Co., Maryland (4/6/2019). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress (past) in Howard Co., Maryland (7/14/2019). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/8/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Field Pennycress in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/26/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)


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