Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
Stinkweed
(Thlaspi arvense)
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- annual to winter annual in the Mustard Family growing to 0.6
metres; leaves clasp the stem with ear-like lobes; white,
four-parted flowers; green, rounded seed pods, surrounded by a
broad winged border, become yellow to greenish-orange at maturity
- young plants when crushed give off a rank, offensive odour; can
taint milk and meat of grazing animals
Photo courtesy Dean Swan, Washington State
University (retired)
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Flattened, winged seedpods |
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