Lepidium banksii Kirk

Coastal peppercress (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, glabrous except for distinctive pale clavate hairs on pedicels and slender hairs on sepals. Stems spreading to erect, stout, barely flexuous, 20-50 cm tall. Lvs all similar, oblanceolate-spathulate, sharply and finely serrate, cuneately narrowed to broad flat petiole about = lamina, 1.5-5-(7) × 0.5-0.8-(1.5) cm. Racemes terminal on short leafy branchlets, 2-6 cm long; pedicels erecto-patent, 5-8 mm long at fruiting. Sepals c. 1.5 × 1 mm. Petals white, narrowly obovate, c. = sepals. Stamens 4. Silicle broadly ovate, notched at apex, slightly winged, 5-5.5 × 4-5 mm; style very short; stigma slightly > notch. Seeds broadly ovoid, brown, narrowly winged, c. 2.5 × 2 mm.
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Kirk's description is: "Glabrous. Stems much branched, terete, flexuous, suberect, 1 ft.-11/2 ft. long. Leaves distant, narrow, oblong-cuneate or oblong-spathulate, acutely toothed or incised above, sessile or very shortly petioled. Racemes terminal. Stamens 4. Pedicels strict, slender, more than twice as long as the pods. Pods ovate, cordate at the base, truncate at the apex, with a broad notch, slightly keeled and winged; style slightly exceeding the notch.―L. oleraceum, A. Rich. Fl. N.Z. 310, t. 35 (not of Forst.).
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Lepidium banksii world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286057-1
WFO ID wfo-0001036459
COL ID 6P8XT
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Synonyms

Lepidium banksii