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southern pepperweed, southern pepperwort

Jared's pepper grass, Jared's pepperweed

Habit Annuals or biennials; often densely hirsute, (trichomes cylindrical). Annuals; sparsely pilose (at least distally).
Stems

often simple from base, erect, branched distally, (1.5–)2–6.7(–9.4) dm.

simple or several from base, erect to ascending, branched distally, 1–6(–7) dm.

Basal leaves

(later withered); rosulate;

petiole (0.7–)1.5–4.5 cm;

blade pinnatifid, 2–8.3 cm × 9–26 mm, margins (of lobes) entire or dentate.

(withered by anthesis);

not rosulate.

Cauline leaves

shortly petiolate;

blade oblanceolate to nearly linear, 1–4.5(–6.2) cm × 3–10(–17) mm, base attenuate to cuneate, not auriculate, margins entire or dentate.

sessile;

blade lanceolate to linear, 2–7.5(–10) cm × 2–10 mm, base cuneate to attenuate, not auriculate, margins entire or sparsely dentate subapically.

Racemes

much-elongated in fruit;

rachis pubescent, trichomes curved, with fewer and longer, straight ones.

considerably elongated in fruit, (lax);

rachis usually pilose, rarely glabrous, trichomes usually curved, cylindrical.

Flowers

sepals oblong, 0.8–1 × 0.2–0.4 mm;

petals (sometimes absent), white, oblanceolate, 0.4–1.6 × 0.1–0.8 mm, claw absent;

stamens 2, median;

filaments 0.8–1 mm;

anthers 0.1–0.2 mm.

sepals oblong, 1.8–2.5 × 0.9–1.5 mm;

petals lemon yellow (fading whitish), spatulate, 2.8–4 × 1.2–1.8 mm, claw 1–1.4 mm;

stamens 6;

filaments 1.8–2.5 mm, (glabrous);

anthers 0.5–0.6 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

usually divaricate, rarely horizontal, straight or slightly recurved, (terete), (2.5–)3–4.1(–4.7) × 0.2 mm, puberulent adaxially.

divaricate to horizontal, straight or slightly sigmoid, (terete), 5–15 × 0.15–0.2 mm, pilose adaxially.

Fruits

elliptic-obovate to obovate-orbicular, 2.4–3.2 × 1.8–2.5 mm, apically winged, apical notch 0.2–0.5 mm deep;

valves thin, smooth, not veined, sparsely puberulent, (trichomes often antrorsely appressed, sometimes restricted to margin);

style 0.05–0.1 mm, included in apical notch.

broadly ovate, 3–3.8(–4) × 2.8–3.2(–3.5) mm, apically not winged, apical notch 0(–0.1) mm deep;

valves thin, obscurely veined, smooth or minutely papillate, glabrous;

style 0.3–0.8(–1) mm, exserted beyond apical notch.

Seeds

ovate, 1.4–1.6 × 0.7–0.9 mm.

(reddish brown), oblong, 1.8–2.2 × 1–1.4 mm.

2n

= 16.

Lepidium austrinum

Lepidium jaredii

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun. Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat Disturbed grounds, railroad tracks and embankments, fields, knolls, stream banks, waste areas, open banks, roadsides, sandy terraces Arroyos, washes, alkaline bottoms and meadows, dry hillsides
Elevation 500-700 m (1600-2300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
KS; LA; MS; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí)
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Lepidium jaredii is known from Fresno, San Benito, and San Luis Obispo counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 576. FNA vol. 7, p. 584.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Lepidieae > Lepidium Brassicaceae > tribe Lepidieae > Lepidium
Sibling taxa
L. acutidens, L. alyssoides, L. appelianum, L. barnebyanum, L. campestre, L. chalepense, L. coronopus, L. crenatum, L. davisii, L. densiflorum, L. dictyotum, L. didymum, L. draba, L. eastwoodiae, L. flavum, L. fremontii, L. heterophyllum, L. huberi, L. integrifolium, L. jaredii, L. lasiocarpum, L. latifolium, L. latipes, L. montanum, L. nanum, L. nitidum, L. oblongum, L. ostleri, L. oxycarpum, L. papilliferum, L. paysonii, L. perfoliatum, L. pinnatifidum, L. ramosissimum, L. ruderale, L. sativum, L. sordidum, L. strictum, L. thurberi, L. tiehmii, L. virginicum
L. acutidens, L. alyssoides, L. appelianum, L. austrinum, L. barnebyanum, L. campestre, L. chalepense, L. coronopus, L. crenatum, L. davisii, L. densiflorum, L. dictyotum, L. didymum, L. draba, L. eastwoodiae, L. flavum, L. fremontii, L. heterophyllum, L. huberi, L. integrifolium, L. lasiocarpum, L. latifolium, L. latipes, L. montanum, L. nanum, L. nitidum, L. oblongum, L. ostleri, L. oxycarpum, L. papilliferum, L. paysonii, L. perfoliatum, L. pinnatifidum, L. ramosissimum, L. ruderale, L. sativum, L. sordidum, L. strictum, L. thurberi, L. tiehmii, L. virginicum
Synonyms L. austrinum var. orbiculare, L. lasiocarpum var. orbiculare L. jaredii subsp. album
Name authority Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 468, 1331. (1903) Brandegee: Zoë 4: 398. (1894)
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