Lepidium pseudotasmanicum Thell.

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Lepidium

Characteristics

Perennial. Stems erect, glabrous, ridged or grooved, 10-50 cm tall; branches sometimes sparsely puberulent below. Lvs glabrous. Basal and lower stem lvs withering or falling at fruiting, (3)-5-12-(25) × 1-3-(4) cm, deeply pinnatisect with narrow acute curved teeth on distal edges of pinnae. Upper lvs becoming linear, 3-fid at apex or entire, 5-20-(40) × 1-2-(3) mm; marginal denticles present especially near cuneate lf base. Racemes (3)-5-7-(10) cm long; rachis glabrous; pedicels erecto-patent to patent, (2)-3-4 mm long at fruiting, with hairs in 1 row. Sepals hairy or glabrous, green or purple, 0.7-1 × 0.2-0.3 mm; petals white, minute or 0. Stamens 2. Silicles ovate to rhomboid, 2.4-2.7-(3) × 1.8-2 mm; stigma almost sessile, included in shallow notch; valves green or purple, glabrous. Seed ovoid, brown, not winged, c. 1.4 mm long.
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Annual or biennial herb or subshrub 20–30, occasionally to 60 cm high, erect. Basal leaves pinnatifid, lobes narrowly linear; cauline leaves linear, pinnate to entire, bases usually attenuate, marginal hairs short, acute or somewhat obtuse. Inflorescence an elongated raceme. Sepals 0.5–1 mm long. Petals reduced or absent. Stamens 2, median. Stigma subsessile. Silicula elliptic, 2.5–3.0 mm long, c. 2 mm wide; wing slight in upper half, forming slight narrow notch; pedicels 4–6 mm long, puberulous on adaxial surface only, somewhat flattened, spreading. Seeds 1.2–1.5 mm long; radicle incumbent.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 0.55
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Images

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Distribution

Lepidium pseudotasmanicum world distribution map, present in Australia and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286362-1
WFO ID wfo-0001036501
COL ID 6PBJJ
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Synonyms

Lepidium pseudotasmanicum