Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.

Common Name : Lesser swine-cress
Family : Brassicaceae

HABIT

AN ANNUAL HERB.

STEMS

REPENT, DECUMBENT, OR ASCENDING, MULTIPLE FROM THE BASE, RADIATING FROM A CENTRAL POINT; GLABROUS, TERETE, GREEN.

LEAVES

ALTERNATE, PETIOLATE, PINNATE, 4-5 CM LONG, 2 CM BROAD, GLABROUS. DIVISIONS OF THE LEAVES OPPOSITE, LOBED OR DEVIDED AGAIN, ACUTE, LINEAR-ELLIPTIC TO LINEAR OBLONG.

FLOWERS

INFLORESCENCE A SMALL RACEME, UP TO 4 CM LONG, OPPOSITE TO ONE OF THE STEM LEAVES, COMPACT. FLOWERS MINUTE, GREENISH.

FRUITS

GLABROUS, 3-4 MM BROAD, 2 MM LONG, SLIGHTLY COMPRESSED, SUB-GLOBOSE, 2-SEEDED.