Planodes virginicum (L.) Greene

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Planodes

Characteristics

Stems simple to many from base, (0.5-)1-3.5(-5.5) dm, hirsute or puberulent basally, often glabrous distally. Basal leaves: petiole (0.3-) 0.8-1.5(-2) cm; blade oblong to oblanceolate in outline, (1-)1.5-7(-10) cm × 4-20(-30) mm, margins pinnatifid to pinnatisect; lobes (4-)6-12(-15) per side, ovate or oblong to linear, margins often coarsely dentate proximally, entire or minutely dentate distally, larger distally; terminal lobe equal to or larger than lateral, margins entire or laterally 1-toothed, surfaces usually pubescent, rarely glabrate. Cauline leaves shortly petiolate; blade smaller, narrower, (lobe) margins entire. Racemes lax in fruit. Fruiting pedicels straight, (1.5-) 2.5-6(-8) mm, glabrous. Flowers: sepals 1-2 × 0.5-0.8 mm, glabrous or subapically with few hairs; petals 2-3 × 0.5-1 mm; filaments 1.5-2 mm; anthers 0.3-0.4 mm. Fruits divaricate-ascending, (1-)1.5-2.5(-3.2) cm × 1-1.5 mm, slightly torulose; style 0.2-0.7 mm. Seeds orbicular or suborbicular, 1-1.2 × 0.9-1 mm; wing 0.1-0.15 mm. 2n = 16.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Distribution

Planodes virginicum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:201171-2
WFO ID wfo-0000397144
COL ID 4X5NM
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Synonyms

Nasturtium ludovicianum Sibara virginica Arabis virginica Arabis virginica Cardamine angustifolia Cardamine virginiana Erysimum ludovicianum Arabis ludoviciana Cardamine hirsuta var. virginica Cardamine parviflora subsp. virginica Sisymbrium ludovicianum Cardamine virginica Cardamine ludoviciana Planodes virginicum