Thelypodium laciniatum |
Thelypodium |
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cutleaf thelypody, thick-leaved thelypody, western thelypodium |
thelypody |
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Habit | Plants biennial, glabrous. | Herbs biennial or perennial. |
Stems | solid; (1.3)2.6–10(14.5) dm. |
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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. |
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2n | =26. |
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Thelypodium laciniatum |
Thelypodium |
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Distribution | ||
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 |
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Synonyms | Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum, Thelypodium laciniatum var. streptanthoides | |
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