Lepidium fasciculatum Thell.

Passerage (fr), Passerage fasciculée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Lepidium

Characteristics

Annual herb to 60 cm high, erect; stems usually glabrous, with acicular hairs when young. Basal leaves pinnatisect to bipinnate with linear, dentate lobes, with acicular hairs. Cauline leaves reducing to linear-lanceolate, entire, sessile, auriculate, with marginal papillae. Inflorescence corymbose, not elongating. Sepals 0.5–1 mm long. Petals very reduced or absent. Stamens 2, median. Stigma subsessile to sessile. Silicula dehiscent, obovate, 3–4 mm long, c. 2 mm wide; wing very slight in the upper half, forming small apical notch; pedicels to 2 mm long, erect, flat, glabrous. Seeds 1.2–1.5 mm long; radicle incumbent.
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A cabbage family herb. It is an erect annual plant. It grows 30-60 cm high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
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Environment

It grows in warm temperate places. It can grow in arid regions.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food poison vertebrate poison
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Lepidium fasciculatum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286173-1
WFO ID wfo-0001223835
COL ID 6P9ZN
BDTFX ID 38493
INPN ID 105625
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Synonyms

Lepidium fasciculatum