Pepperweed, aka Lepidium Virginium, is a lovely little annual with wee tiny white flowers. It is a freely branching plant that has many leaves at the base, but has even more small seed pods as the ones we see in the photo above. This plant stands about a foot to a foot and a half tall and adds sprigs of bright happiness to any field of wildflowers.
The whole plant is edible. The leaves have a good deal of Vitamin C and can be cooked or eaten raw. The seeds are a substitute for pepper, hence the common name.
Medicinal Uses: Internally ~ diuretic, antiasthmatic, used to tread scurvy, expels intestinal worms, among other uses. Externally ~ can be used as a poultice to treat rashes and poison ivy.
Magickal Properties: purification, healing, awakenings
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