Lepidium cartilagineum Thell.

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial, (10-)15-35(-40) cm tall, puberulent with papillate or curved trichomes; caudex with fibrous petiolar remains of previous years. Stems erect, branched. Basal leaves rosulate, fleshy, persistent; petiole 1.5-5(-7) cm; leaf blade ovate, oblong, or elliptic, (0.7-)1.7-4(-5) × (0.5-)0.8-1.5(-2.2) cm, usually glabrous, base cuneate or attenuate, margin entire, apex acute or obtuse. Cauline leaves sessile; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, or lanceolate, 0.2-4.7 cm × 1-9 mm, glabrous or with subappressed trichomes, base usually amplexicaul, margin entire, apex acute. Fruiting pedicels divaricate, straight or slightly curved, 3-6 mm, puberulent adaxially. Sepals oblong, 1-1.2 × ca. 0.5 mm, pilose with crisped trichomes, white at margin and apex, apex acute. Petals white, obovate or oblanceolate, 1-1.6 × 0.3-0.8 mm, apex rounded; claw obscurely differentiated. Stamens 6; filaments 0.8-1.1 mm; anthers oblong, 0.2-0.3 mm. Fruit ovate, 2.3-3.3 × 2.1-2.7 mm; valves glabrous, prominently reticulate veined; wing 0.1-0.2 mm; apical notch 0.05-0.2 mm; style 0.2-0.4 mm, exserted from apical notch. Seeds brown to reddish brown, ovate, 1.3-1.7 × 0.7-1 mm, papillate; cotyledons incumbent. Fl. Aug. 2n = 16.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.18 - 0.33
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Images

Leaf

Lepidium cartilagineum leaf picture by Michael Andresek (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lepidium cartilagineum world distribution map, present in China and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286098-1
WFO ID wfo-0000358286
COL ID 6P8YY
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Lepidium cartilagineum Lepidium borysthenicum Lepidium crassifolium Lepidium syvaschicum Nasturtium crassifolium Cardaria crassifolia Lepidium caespitosum Lepidium pachypodum Nasturtium crenatfolium Lepidium bornmuelleranum Lepidium pumilum Lepidium crenatifolium Lepidium kabulicum Nasturtium pumilum Thlaspi cartilagineum Lepidium cartilagineum subsp. pumilum Lepidium cartilagineum subsp. caespitosum Lepidium cartilagineum subsp. cartilagineum Lepidium cartilagineum subsp. crassifolium