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cut-leaf thelypody, feathery thelypodium, many-flower thelypody, thick-leaf thelypody, thick-leaf thelypody (var. laciniatum), western thelypodium

Habit Biennials; somewhat glaucous, glabrous throughout.
Stems

branched proximally and/or distally, (1.3–)2.6–10(–14.5) dm.

Basal leaves

(and proximal cauline): petiole (1–)1.5–10(–15) cm;

blade lanceolate to deltate-lanceolate, or oblong to ovate (lateral lobes oblong to ovate), (4.3–)6.8–24(–45) cm × (10–)18–85(–140) mm, margins pinnately lobed or laciniate (lobes sinuate, laciniate, or dentate).

Cauline leaves

petiolate;

blade lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, similar to basal, smaller distally, margins entire or sinuate to laciniate.

Racemes

dense, slightly elongated in fruit (to 9.5 dm, flower buds narrowly oblong).

Flowers

sepals erect, oblong to linear-oblong, (3.5–)4–7.5(–9.5) × (0.8–)1–2(–2.5) mm;

petals white or purple, often linear, sometimes linear-lanceolate, (6–)8.5–18(–20) × 0.3–0.8(–1.5) mm, margins slightly crisped, claw strongly differentiated from blade, [(2.5–)3–6(–7) mm, widest at base];

nectar glands confluent, lateral and median;

filaments subequal, (4.5–)6.5–12(–15) mm;

anthers exserted, linear, 2–4(–5.5) mm, circinately coiled, (apiculate);

gynophore (0.5–)1–5(–8.5) mm.

Fruiting pedicels

horizontal to, rarely, divaricate, straight, often stout, (2–)3–6.5(–15) mm, often flattened at base.

Fruits

divaricate-ascending to slightly reflexed, torulose, somewhat tortuous, terete, (2.5–)3.5–10(–12) cm × (0.7–)1–1.5(–2) mm;

ovules 56–108 per ovary;

style usually cylindrical, rarely subclavate, (0.3–)0.7–2.5(–4) mm.

Seeds

(0.7–)1–1.5(–1.8) × 0.5–0.7(–1) mm.

2n

= 26.

Thelypodium laciniatum

Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat Rock crevices, cliffs, rocky outcrops, among boulders, serpentine rock, talus, canyon walls, limestone ledges
Elevation 0-2400 m (0-7900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; NV; OR; WA; BC
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 734.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Thelypodium
Sibling taxa
T. brachycarpum, T. crispum, T. eucosmum, T. flexuosum, T. howellii, T. integrifolium, T. laxiflorum, T. milleflorum, T. paniculatum, T. repandum, T. rollinsii, T. sagittatum, T. stenopetalum, T. texanum, T. wrightii
Synonyms Macropodium laciniatum, Pachypodium laciniatum, T. laciniatum var. streptanthoides, T. leptosepalum, T. streptanthoides
Name authority (Hooker) Endlicher: in W. G. Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 172. (1842)
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