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Need help ID'ing this plant with white flowers

westmichiganflorafau

6 years ago

Appears to be a member of the mustard family but I cannot find anything to match it. If it is a bittercress then the leaves are wrong. In one photo it almost looks like there are 2 stems on the same plant but each has completely different leaves? Leaves mostly appear to be lance shaped with smooth edges with leaves alternate. Most stems have the mustard style pods along the stem but some stems with flowers don't seem to have any pods. It was growing/flowering in SW Michigan in late June.

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jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
6 years ago
I haven't seen one, but consider Berteroa incana for the plant with white flowers. The adjacent plant with divided leaves is something else.
westmichiganflorafau thanked jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
westmichiganflorafau
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks for the feedback. After checking other photos and details for the plant I am sure you nailed it. In Michigan it is actually considered a Noxious weed and quite toxic to livestock, especially horses; in Europe it is considered an ornamental plant good for landscaping purposes so I guess I will still include it in my collection of wildflowers even though most people in Mich. might disagree.
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