Hairy bittercress

 

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This weed came across my desk a week ago. I promptly went home and found more of it at my own home.  Very common around these parts this time of year.

Hairy bittercress. This is a winter or a summer annual and several generations may be produced in a growing season. Flowers are most prolific in spring.  Note the long slender fruit, or silique, which ascends past the flowers.  This is a weed of nurseries, landscapes, agricultural fields, turf and greenhouses.