Lepidium sisymbrioides Hook.F.

Species

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Characteristics

Papillose-pubescent to glabrate dioec. herb with deeply descending taproot up to c. 1 m. long; stock up to c. 1 cm. diam.', branched above. Radical lvs us. many, subrosulate, linear in outline, pinnate to pinnatifid, c. 1-10 cm. long; pinnules ∞, c. 1 to 3 cm. long, lobulate to entire. Stems slender, us. many, ascending, branched, up to 10 cm. long or more, produced into racemes; cauline lvs ± linear-spathulate, toothed to entire, smaller. Racemes slender, terminal, 2-10 cm. long; pedicels slender, subpatent, 3 to 5 mm. long; fls minute, sepals ± 1 mm. long, broadly ovate. Staminate fls with or without oblong-spathulate petals, ± 1·5 mm. long, including claw; stamens 4 to 6; glands 6, oblong; abortive ovary villous. Pistillate fls apetalous; stamens 4, abortive; glands 6, linear. Silicles 3-5 mm. long, rhombic, narrowed above and below, notched, narrowly winged above; styles short. Seeds hardly 1·5 mm. long.
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Dioecious perennial. Stems decumbent to erect, branching, glabrescent to densely hairy. Lvs hairy above, glabrous beneath. Rosette lvs persistent, shortly petiolate, pinnatifid to pinnate, to 2-pinnatifid, 2-7-(10) × 0.3-1.5 cm; pinnae linear to obovate, entire or narrowly lobed. Stem lvs becoming entire, lanceolate to oblong to obovate to linear, 2-15 × 1-3 mm. Racemes 2-5-(10) cm long at fruiting; rachis hairy; pedicels hairy, spreading, 4-6 mm long at fruiting. Sepals sparsely hairy, 1-1.5 × 0.5-1 mm. Petals either 0, or white, obovoid, up to 2 mm long. ♂ fls with 4 or 6 stamens and rudimentary ovary. ♀ fls with 4 abortive stamens and developed ovary. Silicles ovate to rhomboid, 3-5 × 2-3.5 mm; style 0.2-0.3 mm long, free from narrow wing, slightly exceeding shallow notch; valves with scattered flexuous hairs or almost glabrous. Seeds ovoid, brown, not winged, 1.5-2 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Distribution

Lepidium sisymbrioides world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286411-1
WFO ID wfo-0001036507
COL ID 6PBBD
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Synonyms

Lepidium sisymbrioides Lepidium solandri Nasturtium sisymbriodes