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cutleaf thelypody, thick-leaved thelypody, western thelypodium

thelypody

Habit Plants biennial, glabrous. Herbs biennial or perennial.
Stems

solid; (1.3)2.6–10(14.5) dm.

Basal leaves

(4.3)6.8–24(45) × (1)1.8–8.5(14) cm;

margins pinnately lobed or laciniate, glabrous;

petioles (1)1.5–10(15) cm.

rosulate or not;

margins entire, dentate, laciniate, lyrate, or pinnately lobed, petiolate.

Cauline leaves

lower similar to basal; middle and upper not auriculate;

margins entire, sinuate, or laciniate, petiolate.

bases auriculate to sagittate or not, petiolate or sessile.

Inflorescences

densely flowered, fruiting pedicels horizontal; straight, often stout; (2)3–6.5(15) mm.

elongate to corymbose racemes;

bracts 0.

Flowers

sepals narrowly oblong; erect; (3.5)4–7.5(9.5) mm, white, green or purple;

petals linear to linear-lanceolate; (6)8.5–18(20) × 0.3–0.8(1.5) mm, white; aging to purple, slightly crisped;

claws (2.5)3–6(7) mm; widest at base;

filaments subequal;

anthers linear, 2–4(5.5) mm, circinately coiled, apiculate, nectar glands confluent;

ovules 56–108 per ovary;

styles (0.3)0.7–2.5(4) mm;

stigmas entire;

gynophore 1–5(8.5) mm.

sepals erect, spreading, or reflexed; ovate, oblong, or linear, forming tubular calyces, subsaccate or not;

petals erect or spreading, spatulate, obovate, oblanceolate or linear, white, lavender or purple, crisped or not;

claws differentiated or not, nectar glands confluent and subtending filament bases, or 2 or 4 and lateral;

stamens 6, subequal or tetradynamous;

anthers circinately coiled or remaining straight after dehiscence;

ovules 12–128 per ovary;

septa complete;

styles distinct;

stigmas capitate; entire;

gynophore slender and narrower than fruit base; (0.5)1–8.5 mm.

Fruits

divaricate-ascending to slightly reflexed; terete; somewhat tortuous, torulose; (2.5)3.5–10(12) cm × (0.7)1–1.5(2) mm.

dehiscent siliques, linear; terete or slightly latiseptate, stipitate, unsegmented;

valves torulose or not; replums rounded.

Seeds

(0.7)1–1.5(1.8) × 0.5–0.7(1) mm.

12+ per fruit, uniseriate, oblong or ovoid; plump or flattened, obscurely reticulate, not mucilaginous when wetted; wingless;

cotyledons obliquely incumbent or accumbent.

Trichomes

absent or simple.

2n

=26.

Thelypodium laciniatum

Thelypodium

Distribution
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Discussion

Rock crevices, cliffs, rocky outcrops, among boulders, serpentine rock, and talus. Flowering Apr–Sep. 50–2000 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia. Native.

Western North America. 16 species; 7 species treated in Flora.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 519
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 516
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Sibling taxa
T. brachycarpum, T. eucosmum, T. flexuosum, T. howellii, T. integrifolium, T. milleflorum
Subordinate taxa
T. brachycarpum, T. eucosmum, T. flexuosum, T. howellii, T. integrifolium, T. laciniatum, T. milleflorum
Synonyms Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum, Thelypodium laciniatum var. streptanthoides
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