[Candytufts and Pennycresses: The Genera Noccaea and Thlaspi in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Fanweed, Field Penny Cress

Thlaspi arvense

Fan-shaped seed pod of Fanweed, Field Pennycress, Pennycress, Stinkweed: Thlaspi arvense (Synonym: Teruncius arvensis) - Fanweed, Field Pennycress, Pennycress, Stinkweed: Thlaspi arvense (Synonym: Teruncius arvensis)

Two close-up images of the seed pod of field penny cress as seen from the northern edge of Zumwalt Prairie near the southern boundary of the Wallowa Whitman National Forest.......July 9, 2007. Note the broad wings along the margins of the seed.

Paul Slichter