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Lepidium draba L.

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Lepidium draba L., Sp. Pl. 645 (1753)
Lepidium draba L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
645
ICN
Lepidium draba L.
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Lepidium draba

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draba

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Rhizomatous perennial, forming large patches; rootstock branching. Stems erect, (10)-25-60 cm tall, bearing short arching simple hairs. Lvs dull green to glaucous, covered with fine short hairs. Lower lvs oblanceolate to obovate, cuneately narrowed to long petiole, entire or distantly dentate, withering before flowering; lamina (2)-3-6-(9) × (1)-2-3 cm. Upper lvs sessile, ovate to narrowly triangular, amplexicaul, entire or toothed, (1)-3-6-(10) × (0.5)-1-2-(3) cm. Panicle 6-10-(15) cm long at fruiting; pedicels erecto-patent at flowering, spreading at fruiting, 6-12 mm long. Sepals glabrous, 1.5-2 mm long. Petals white, narrow, 3-4 × 0.5-1 mm. Silicle broadly ovate or cordate, not strongly flattened, (2)-3-4-(6) × (3)-4-6 mm, smaller when seedless; valves usually reticulate-veined. Seeds brown, c. 2 mm long.

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Lepidium draba L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Lepidium draba L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Lepidium draba L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Lepidium draba L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Lepidium draba L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Lepidium draba L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Lepidium draba L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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2 June 2006
2 June 2006
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