Field Pennycress – Thlaspi arvense – Weekly Weeder #47
Today’s featured plant is Field Pennycress, Thlaspi arvense. Field Pennycress is also known as Pennycress, Field Pennygrass, Field penny-cress, Frenchweed, fanweed and stinkweed. (source) It’s in the mustard family (Brassicaeae), so it is related to common garden crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and kale, as well as other wild mustard family plants such as…