Common Name: Virginia pepperweed, wild peppergrassScientific Name: Lepidium virginicum L.Family Name: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) - Mustard FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative winter or summer annual, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, branched, glabrous or finely haired Leavesbasal rosette, obovate, single large terminal lobe, numerous small lateral lobes, not present during flowering; stem leaves lanceolate or linear, toothed, sessile Flowers4-petaled, white or greenish white, small; terminal racemes Seed Podssilicle, round, flat, 2-seeded, tip with small notch