Lepidium alyssoides |
Lepidium papilliferum |
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mesa pepperwort |
Idaho pepperweed |
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Habit | Perennials or subshrubs; (woody base often aboveground); glabrous or minutely puberulent. | Annuals or biennials; puberulent, (trichomes clavate). |
Stems | few to several from base, erect to ascending, branched throughout, (0.7–)1–4.8(–6.1) dm. |
several from base, ascending, branched (several) distally, (0.3–)0.5–2.3(–4) dm. |
Basal leaves | often not rosulate; petiole 1–6 cm; blade pinnately lobed, (1–)1.5–8(–11) cm × (5–)10–35 mm, margins (of lobes) entire or denticulate. |
(soon deciduous), not rosulate; blade often bipinnately divided. |
Cauline leaves | sessile; blade linear, (0.8–)1.3–7(–9.5) cm × (0.7–)1–2(–3) mm, base attenuate, not auriculate, margins entire. |
attenuate to petiolelike base, to 1 cm; blade pinnatifid to pinnatisect, obovate to oblanceolate in outline (lobes oblong to linear), 0.5–4 cm × 3–15 mm (smaller distally), base not auriculate, margins (of lobes) entire or dentate. |
Racemes | elongated in fruit; rachis puberulent or glabrous. |
slightly elongated, (dense) in fruit; rachis puberulent, trichomes straight or curved, clavate. |
Flowers | sepals ovate to oblong, 1–2 × 0.8–1 mm; petals white, suborbicular, 2–3 × 1–2 mm, claw 0.5–1.5 mm; stamens 6; filaments 1.5–2 mm, (glabrous); anthers 0.2–0.4 mm. |
sepals ovate to broadly oblong, 1.5–2.2 × 0.8–1.1 mm; petals white, orbicular to spatulate, 2.5–3.7(–4) × 1.5–2.5 mm, claw 0.8–1.5 mm; stamens 6; filaments 1.5–2 mm, (trichomes clavate); anthers 0.4–0.6 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate to horizontal, straight or recurved to somewhat sigmoid, (terete), 3.5–8(–11) × 0.2 mm, glabrous or puberulent adaxially. |
divaricate to horizontal, straight or recurved, (not winged), (2.5–)3–6(–7.5) × 0.2–0.3 mm, puberulent adaxially or throughout. |
Fruits | broadly ovate, 2–3.7(–4.3) × (1.5–)1.8–2.9(–3.4) mm, apically winged, apical notch 0.1–0.3(–0.4) mm deep; valves thin, smooth, not veined, glabrous; style 0.2–0.6 mm, exserted beyond apical notch. |
orbicular to broadly ovate, 2.2–3.6 × 2–3.4 mm, apically winged, apical notch 0.1–0.3 mm deep; valves thin, smooth, often not veined, glabrous; style 0.2–0.8 mm, exserted beyond apical notch. |
Seeds | ovate, 1.5–1.8(–2) × 0.9–1.2(–1.5) mm. |
ovate, 1.2–1.8 × 0.9–1.1 mm. |
2n | = 32. |
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Lepidium alyssoides |
Lepidium papilliferum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Pinyon-juniper or sagebrush communities, prairies, grasslands, sandstone outcrops, gypsum flats, sand dunes, dry flats and river bottoms, gravelly roadsides | Sagebrush plains, desert flats, edge of playa |
Elevation | 1200-2800 m (3900-9200 ft) | 600-1700 m (2000-5600 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; NV; TX; UT; WY; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí)
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Discussion | Of the five varieties of Lepidium alyssoides recognized by R. C. Rollins (1993), one (var. mexicanum Rollins) is a short-tufted form of the species restricted to Mexico that does not seem to merit recognition, another (var. junceum) is a glabrescent form of the type variety, a third (var. eastwoodiae) is treated below as a distinct species, and the fourth (var. angustifolium) is included here within L. alyssoides. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Lepidium papilliferum is distributed in Ada, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, Owyhee, and Payette counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 575. | FNA vol. 7, p. 590. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Lepidieae > Lepidium | Brassicaceae > tribe Lepidieae > Lepidium |
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Synonyms | L. alyssoides var. angustifolium, L. alyssoides var. junceum, L. alyssoides var. minus, L. alyssoides var. polycarpum, L. alyssoides var. streptocarpum, L. montanum subsp. alyssoides, L. montanum var. alyssoides, L. montanum subsp. angustifolium, L. montanum var. angustifolium, L. tortum | L. montanum var. papilliferum, L. montanum subsp. papilliferum |
Name authority | A. Gray: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 10. (1849) | (L. F. Henderson) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 56: 474. (1913) |
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