Lepidium virginicum |
Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii |
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hairy pepperweed, medium pepperweed |
hairy pepperweed, medium pepperweed, Menzies' pepperweed |
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Habit | Plants annual, puberulent. | |
Stems | (0.6)1.5–5.5(7) dm. |
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Basal leaves | not rosulate, obovate to oblanceolate; (1)2.5–10(15) × 0.5–3(5) cm; margins pinnatifid, lyrate, or dentate; petioles 0.5–3.5 cm. |
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Cauline leaves | oblanceolate or linear, 1–6 cm × (1)3–10 mm, bases not auriculate; margins serrate or entire, petiolate. |
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Inflorescences | rachises puberulent with curved cylindrical trichomes, rarely glabrous, fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending to horizontal; straight or recurved, flattened at least below apex, 2.5–4(6) × (0.2)0.3–0.4 mm, puberulent adaxially or all around, or glabrous. |
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Flowers | sepals caducous; (0.5)0.7–1(1.1) mm; petals rarely rudimentary, spatulate to oblanceolate, 1–2(2.5) × 0.3–0.8(1) mm, white; stamens 2; median; styles 0.1–0.2 mm, included in apical notch. |
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Fruits | dehiscent, orbicular, 2.5–3.5(4) mm in diameter; widest at middle; apical notch 0.2–0.5 mm deep; valves smooth, glabrous or puberulent, not veined, apically winged. |
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Seeds | ovate, 1.3–1.9(2.1) × 0.7–1(1.2) mm; cotyledons accumbent or rarely incumbent. |
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2n | =32. |
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Lepidium virginicum |
Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Desert shrub communities, disturbed areas, pastures, riverbanks, woods, dry mountain slopes. Flowering Mar–Jul. 0–1600 m. BW, ECas, Est, Lava, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to TX, south to Mexico. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 496 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
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Synonyms | Lepidium menziesii, Lepidium virginicum var. medium, Lepidium virginicum var. menziesii, Lepidium virginicum var. pubescens | |
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