Hornungia procumbens Hayek

Hyménolobe couché (fr), Hornungie couchée (fr), Capselle couchée (fr), Hutchinsie couchée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Hornungia

Characteristics

Herbs annual, (2-)5-22(-30) cm tall, glabrous throughout or puberulent with minutely forked trichomes. Stems erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched at base or rarely simple. Basal leaves rosulate or not; petiole (2-)5-12(-20) mm; leaf blade obovate, oblanceolate, or oblong, (0.2-)1-2.5(-4) cm × (1-)5-11(-16) mm, base cuneate or attenuate, margin entire, dentate, or pinnatifid, apex acute or obtuse. Cauline leaves similar to basal ones, progressively smaller and subsessile upward. Racemes few to several flowered; rachis straight or slightly flexuous in fruit. Fruiting pedicels slender, divaricate, 3-8(-12) mm. Sepals ovate, 0.6-1.1 × 0.4-0.6 mm. Petals white, spatulate, 0.6-1.2 × 0.3-0.6 mm. Filaments white, 0.5-1 mm; anthers ovate, ca. 0.1 mm. Ovules 10-24 per ovary. Fruit oblong, elliptic, or obovate, (2-)3-4(-4.5) × (1-)1.4-2.2 mm, apex subtruncate to slightly emarginate; valves glabrous, with prominent reticulate veins; style obsolete or to 0.1 mm. Seeds brown, oblong, plump, 0.5-0.6 × 0.3-0.4 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Jul. 2n = 12, 24.
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Plants glabrous throughout or puberulent, trichomes usually minutely forked, some simple. Stems (0.2-)0.5-2.2(-3) dm. Basal leaves: petiole (0.2-)0.5-1.2(-2) cm; blade obovate, oblanceolate, or oblong, (0.2-)1-2.5(-4) cm × (1-)5-11(-16) mm, base cuneate or attenuate, apex acute or obtuse. Cauline leaves (distal) subsessile; blade similar to basal (smaller distally). Racemes few-to several-flowered (rachis straight or slightly flexuous in fruit). Fruiting pedicels 3-8(-12) mm. Flowers: sepals 0.6-1.1 × 0.4-0.6 mm; petals 0.6-1.2 × 0.3-0.6 mm; filaments (white), 0.5-1 mm; anthers ca. 0.1 mm. Fruits (0.2-)0.3-0.4(-0.5) cm × (1-)1.4-2.2 mm, apex subtruncate to slightly emarginate. Seeds 0.5-0.6 × 0.3-0.4 mm. 2n = 12, 24.
Annual or biennial herbs. Stems erect or procumbent 3-30 cm high, glabrous or sparsely puberulous. Leaves 1-2 cm long, oblanceolate, cuneate, entire or the lower ones pinnatifid with 3-7 lobes. Inflorescence dense with the flowers overtopping the buds, elongate in fruit. Sepals 0.8-1 mm long, elliptic, tinged with pink. Petals 1-1.5 mm long, spathulate, white. Siliculae on 3-5 mm long pedicels spreading at right angles, 2-3(-5) mm long, ellipsoid to obovoid; valves membranous, net-veined. Seeds 12-18, ovoid. c. 0.5 mm long.
Annual herb, procumbent to erect, 4–30 cm tall, slender, glabrous. Basal leaves ovate to lanceolate, pinnatifid or pinnatipartite, 1–2 cm long, petiolate; upper leaves linear, entire. Sepals 0.7–1 mm long. Petals to 1 mm long, white. Stamens 4 or 6. Style short. Silicula 3–6 mm long, 1.7–2.3 mm wide, ovate-oblong; valves convex-keeled, membranous, net-veined, the midvein prominent; pedicels 2–13 mm long, filiform, spreading. Seeds 0.75 mm long, ovate.
A herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.24
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
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Soil texture 2-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

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Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

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Images

Habit

Hornungia procumbens habit picture by Sylvain Piry (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Hornungia procumbens flower picture by Raphaël BILLEAUD (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Hornungia procumbens fruit picture by Sylvain Piry (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hornungia procumbens world distribution map, present in Australia, Canada, China, Spain, France, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:285376-1
WFO ID wfo-0000724776
COL ID 3MQ3W
BDTFX ID 34945
INPN ID 103020
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Synonyms

Microlepidium fenestratum Noccaea maritima Noccaea diffusa Thlaspi procumbens Lepidium procumbens Lepidium pusillum Noccaea speluncarum Noccaea crassifolia Bursa procumbens Hutchinsia chinensis Hutchinsia loretii Capsella australasica Capsella elliptica Capsella procumbens Crucifera procumbens Nasturtium sinense Hutchinsia diffusa Hutchinsia maritima Hutchinsia pauciflora Hutchinsia speluncarum Hutchinsia sinensis Stenopetalum incisifolium Hutchinsia tournefortii Hutchinsia puberula Hymenolobus perpusillus Hymenolobus puberulus Hymenolobus procumbens Thlaspi procumbens Hymenolobus divaricatus Noccaea tournefortii Hutchinsia perpusilla Hutchinsia procumbens Hymenolobus procumbens Hymenolobus pauciflorus Hutchinsia reticulata Hutchinsia tenuis Microcardamum tenue Noccaea procumbens Hutchinsiella perpusilla Hutchinsia pusillima Hymenolobus erectus Draba pumila Draba pumilio Draba tenuis Capsella procumbens var. davidsonii Capsella procumbens var. integrifolia Hymenolobus procumbens var. diffusus Hymenolobus procumbens var. maritimus Hymenolobus procumbens var. pauciflorus Hymenolobus procumbens subsp. procumbens Hymenolobus procumbens subsp. pauciflorus Hymenolobus procumbens var. integrifolius Hornungia procumbens

Lower taxons

Hornungia procumbens subsp. revelierei