Lepidium draba |
Lepidium heterophyllum |
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heart-podded hoary cress, hoary pepperwort |
purple-anther field pepperweed, Smith's pepperwort |
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Habit | Plants perennial, hirsute to subglabrous; rhizomatous. | Plants perennial, hirsute; with branched caudices. |
Stems | (0.8)2–6.5(9) dm. |
1–5 dm. |
Basal leaves | not rosulate, obovate, spatulate, or ovate; (1.5)3–10(15) × 1–4 cm; margins dentate or entire; petioles 1–4 cm. |
rosulate, oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 1–4.5 cm × 4–14 mm; margins dentate or entire; petioles 1–6.2 cm. |
Cauline leaves | ovate, elliptic, oblong, lanceolate, or obovate; (1)3–9(15) × (0.5)1–2(5) cm, bases sagittate-amplexicaul or auriculate; margins dentate or entire, sessile. |
oblong to deltoid-lanceolate, 1–3.5 cm × 3–8 mm, bases sagittate or auriculate; margins dentate to denticulate. |
Inflorescences | corymbose panicles; rachises glabrous or puberulent with straight or curved cylindrical trichomes, fruiting pedicels ascending to horizontal; terete; straight, 5–10(15) mm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent adaxially. |
elongated; rachises hirsute with straight, spreading trichomes, fruiting pedicels horizontal; terete; straight or slightly recurved, 2.8–5 mm; hirsute all around. |
Flowers | sepals caducous, 1.5–2.5 mm; petals obovate; (2.5)3–4(4.5) × (1)1.3–2(2.2) mm, white; stamens 6; styles (0.6)1–1.8(2) mm. |
sepals caducous, 1.6–2.2 mm; petals spatulate, 1.8–2.8 × 0.8–1.4 mm, white; stamens 6; styles (0.6)1–1.5 mm; well exserted beyond apical notch. |
Fruits | indehiscent, flattened, cordate to subreniform; (2)2.5–3.7(4.3) × (3.2)3.7–5(5.6) mm; tips obtuse to subacute; apical notch absent; valves smooth, glabrous, reticulate-veined; wingless. |
dehiscent, broadly oblong to ovate, 4–5.5 × 3.5–4 mm, incurved adaxially; apical notch 0.2–0.3 mm deep; valves often not papillate, not veined, apically broadly winged. |
Seeds | ovate, 1.5–2.3 × 1–1.3 mm; wingless; cotyledons incumbent. |
ovoid, 1.8–2.2 × 1–1.2 mm; wingless; cotyledons incumbent. |
2n | =32, 64. |
=48. |
Lepidium draba |
Lepidium heterophyllum |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Disturbed areas, fields, riverbanks. Flowering Apr–Aug. 0–1700 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Owy, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout North America except northern Canada and southeast US; nearly worldwide. Exotic. |
Disturbed areas, fields, gardens, hillsides. Flowering Apr–Jun. 0–800 m. CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, WA; north to British Columbia, NJ, NY, MA; Europe. Exotic. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 494 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 494 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Cardaria draba, Cardaria draba var. draba, Lepidium draba ssp. draba | |
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