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short-pod thelypodium, short-pod thelypody

crisp thelypody, crisped thelypody, wavy leaf thelypodium

Habit Biennials; often glaucous, glabrous or pubescent. Biennials or perennials; (short-lived); often glaucous, glabrous or pubescent.
Stems

branched, (1.3–)3.4–8.3(–12) dm, (somewhat glaucous, glabrous throughout or pubescent proximally).

branched, (0.9–)1.3–7(–12) dm, (somewhat glaucous, glabrous throughout or pubescent basally).

Basal leaves

petiole (1.5–)2–5.2(–9) cm, glabrous or pubescent;

blade usually oblanceolate to spatulate, rarely obovate or lanceolate, 3.3–14(–20) cm × (05–)10–32(–47) mm, margins often pinnately lobed to lyrate, sometimes dentate or entire.

petiole (0.7–)2–8.5 cm, ciliate;

blade usually oblanceolate to spatulate, rarely obovate or lanceolate, (1.5–)2.2–15(–25) cm × (6–)10–35(–50) mm, margins often pinnately lobed to lyrate, sometimes dentate or entire.

Cauline leaves

sessile;

blade linear to lanceolate, smaller distally, (base sagittate, appressed to stem), margins usually entire, rarely dentate.

sessile;

blade linear to lanceolate, smaller distally, (base sagittate or auriculate, appressed to stem), margins usually entire, rarely dentate.

Racemes

dense, slightly elongated in fruit, (flower buds oblong).

dense, elongated in fruit, (flower buds narrowly oblong).

Flowers

sepals erect, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate or ovate, (3–)3.5–5(–5.5) × 1–1.5(–2) mm;

petals white, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 8–12.5(–16) × 0.3–0.5(–1) mm, margins strongly crisped, claw differentiated from blade, (slender, 2.5–4 mm, narrowest at base);

nectar glands surrounding bases of lateral stamens, median glands absent;

filaments subequal or slightly tetradynamous, 2.5–6.5(–10) mm;

anthers exserted, linear, 1.5.–2(–2.5) mm, slightly circinately coiled, (apiculate);

gynophore (0.5–)1–2(–5) mm.

sepals erect to ascending, oblong to linear-oblong, (3–)3.5–6(–8) × (0.8–)1–1.8(–2) mm;

petals white to lavender, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, (6–)6.5–11(–14.5) × 0.5–0.7(–1) mm, margins strongly crisped, claw differentiated from blade, (slender, 2–4 mm, narrowest at base);

nectar glands surrounding bases of lateral stamens, median glands absent;

filaments subequal, (2.5–)4.5–8.5(–10.5) mm;

anthers exserted, linear to narrowly oblong, 2–3.5(–4.5) mm, circinately coiled, (apiculate);

gynophore 0.5–1.5(–3.5) mm.

Fruiting pedicels

horizontal to divaricate, straight or slightly curved, stout, 1–2(–2.5) mm, flattened at base.

erect to erect-ascending, (appressed to rachis at least basally), straight or slightly curved, slender, (1.5–)2–5(–10) mm, not flattened at base.

Fruits

divaricate to ascending, torulose, often straight, sometimes slightly curved, terete, (0.8–)1.2–2.7(–3) cm × 1–1.5(–2) mm;

ovules 12–26 per ovary;

style cylindrical, (0.2–)0.5–1(–2.5) mm.

divaricate to ascending, torulose, straight or slightly curved, terete, (0.6–)1–2.5(–4.2) cm × 0.7–1(–1.8) mm;

ovules 22–50 per ovary;

style cylindrical, 0.5–1.5(–2.5) mm.

Seeds

(plump), (1.3–)1.5–2 × 0.8–1(–1.3) mm.

(flattened), 1–1.5(–1.7) × 0.5–0.7(–1) mm.

2n

= 26.

Thelypodium brachycarpum

Thelypodium crispum

Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Strongly alkaline meadows and desert flats Alkaline meadows and desert flats, mineralized ground near hot springs, desert shrub communities
Elevation 600-2300 m (2000-7500 ft) 1200-3000(-3200) m (3900-9800(-10500) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
CA; NV
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Discussion

Thelypodium brachycarpum is known in California from Napa, Shasta, and Siskiyou counties and in Oregon from Klamath County.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 730. FNA vol. 7, p. 730.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodium Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodium
Sibling taxa
T. crispum, T. eucosmum, T. flexuosum, T. howellii, T. integrifolium, T. laciniatum, T. laxiflorum, T. milleflorum, T. paniculatum, T. repandum, T. rollinsii, T. sagittatum, T. stenopetalum, T. texanum, T. wrightii
T. brachycarpum, T. eucosmum, T. flexuosum, T. howellii, T. integrifolium, T. laciniatum, T. laxiflorum, T. milleflorum, T. paniculatum, T. repandum, T. rollinsii, T. sagittatum, T. stenopetalum, T. texanum, T. wrightii
Synonyms Thelypodiopsis brachycarpa, Thelypodiopsis brachypoda Thelypodiopsis crispa, T. brachycarpum var. crispum
Name authority Torrey: in C. Wilkes et al., U.S. Expl. Exped. 17(2): 231, plate 1. (1874) Greene ex Payson: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 9: 264. (1923)
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