Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial. Stems prostrate to ascending, glabrous, (2)-8-15-(30) cm long. Lvs glabrous or with a few hairs on midrib and margins. Basal lvs persistent, pinnate, 2-10 × 0.5-1.5 cm. Pinnae in (5)-7-15 pairs, acutely toothed. Stem lvs toothed at apex, becoming entire, narrow-spathulate to linear-oblanceolate, cuneate at base, long-petiolate, 5-20 × 2-5 mm. Racemes 5-10 cm long at fruiting; rachis and pedicels glabrous or sparsely hairy; pedicels distant, spreading, 2-4 mm long at fruiting. Sepals sparsely hairy or rarely glabrous, 0.5-1 × 0.3-0.5 mm. Petals usually 0, or white, < sepals. Stamens usually 4. Silicles suborbicular, 1.5-2 × 1.5-1.8 mm; style 0.1 mm long, free from the very narrow wing, = or slightly > the very shallow notch; valves glabrous. Seed ovoid, brown, not winged, c. 1 mm long.
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Small slender ± pilose herb with mainly radical lvs; stock uni-multicipital; main root deeply descending. Lvs on slender petioles up to 3 cm. long, sheathing at base. Lamina 1-5-(10) cm. long, narrow-oblong in outline; pinnate (to pinnatisect or pinnatifid in upper portion); pinnae us. deeply sharply serrate on anterior margin, teeth sts piliferous. Stems us. several, branched, prostrate, up to 30 cm. long, us. less, very slender, ± flexuous, bearing a few narrow-spathulate to narrow-obovate to linear entire or serrate lvs. Racemes slender, terminal, ± 3 cm. long; fls minute, us. ∞.Sepals 4, petals us. 0, stamens 4. Pods orbicular on very slender peduncles, narrowly winged. towards apex, minutely notched; style hardly > notch. Seeds oblong in outline, finely muriculate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

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Distribution

Lepidium tenuicaule world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286443-1
WFO ID wfo-0001036511
COL ID 6PB2J
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Synonyms

Lepidium tenuicaule