Lepidium appelianum |
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globe-pod hoary-cress, hairy whitetop, white-top |
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Habit | Perennials; (rhizomatous); often densely hirsute. |
Stems | simple or several from base, erect or ascending, branched distally, (1–)1.5–3.5(–5) dm. |
Basal leaves | (often withered by anthesis); not rosulate; petiole 0.5–1.5 cm; blade obovate to oblanceolate, (1–)2–6(–7) cm × 3–20 mm, margins dentate to sinuate. |
Cauline leaves | sessile; blade oblong or lanceolate, 1–5(–8) cm × (3–)5–15(–30) mm, base sagittate, margins dentate or subentire, (surfaces pubescent). |
Racemes | (usually corymbose, rarely paniculate), rarely elongated in fruit; rachis pubescent, trichomes often curved. |
Flowers | sepals oblong, 1.4–2 × 0.7–1 mm; petals white, broadly obovate, (2.2–)2.8–4 × 1–3 mm, claw 1–1.4 mm; stamens 6; filaments 2–2.5 mm, (glabrous); anthers 0.4–0.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate to ascending, straight or slightly curved, (terete), 3–9(–12) × 0.2–0.3 mm, pubescent. |
Fruits | (indehiscent), globose or, rarely, subglobose, (2–)3–4.4(–5) mm diam., (inflated), apically not winged, apical notch absent; valves thin, smooth, not veined, densely puberulent; style 0.5–1.5 mm. |
Seeds | (brown or dark brown), ovoid, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
Lepidium appelianum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Sep. |
Habitat | Roadsides, sagebrush communities, alkaline meadows, waste grounds, ditch and stream sides, fields, pastures |
Elevation | 400-2400 m (1300-7900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MI; MO; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OR; PA; UT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; SK; c Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America, other parts of Asia]
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Discussion | Lepidium appelianum has become a noxious weed in most of its range in North America. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 576. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Lepidieae > Lepidium |
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Synonyms | Hymenophysa pubescens, Cardaria pubescens, Cardaria pubescens var. elongata |
Name authority | Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 7. (2002) |
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