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Lepidium trifercum Sond.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high; completely glabrous. Stems spreading, much branched; woody at base. Leaves petiolate; blade narrowly linear-ovate to narrowly obovate, pinnately 3-11-lobed with lobes serrate, 3-fid near apex; upper leaves with a few lobes or only toothed; frequently revolute, appearing linear-filiform. Flowers: in terminal racemes, dense in fruit; stamens 2; nectaries triangular; sepals 0.7-1.0 mm long, green or tinged with purple; petals narrowly oblong, 0.3-0.9 mm long, white; Dec.-Mar. Fruit with ascending, slender pedicels; siliculae oblong, 1.9-2.6 x 1.2-1.5 mm, emarginate.
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Perennial herb, 0.3-0.6 m high, woody at base, much branched, branches spreading, completely glabrous. Leaves petiolate, pinnately 3-11-lobed, margins revolute, leaves and their lobes appear linear-filiform, glabrous. Inflorescence an elongated raceme; rachis glabrous. Sepals oblong, green or tinged with purple, margins membranous. Petals narrowly oblong, white. Nectaries triangular. Fruit a silicula, oblong-obovate, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, emarginate. Seeds light brown.
Plants completely glabrous. The leaf margins are frequently revolute, the leaves and their lobes then appearing linear-filiform. The narrower, more tapering silicules are clearly emarginate. Does not behave as a weed.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Lepidium trifercum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286456-1
WFO ID wfo-0001217109
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Synonyms

Lepidium trifercum
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