Lepidium didymum L.
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Lepidium didymum L., Mant. Pl. 92 (1767)
Lepidium didymum L.
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Nomenclature
L.
L.
1767
92
ICN
Lepidium didymum L.
species
Lepidium didymum
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Descriptions
Foetid annual or biennial with short-lived rosette and procumbent to ascending glabrous or sparsely hairy stems to 40 cm long. Lvs 1-2-pinnatifid, narrow-oblong to ovate, glabrous except for sparse spreading hairs on petioles of some basal lvs; rosette lvs petiolate, 6-10 ×1.5-2 cm; stem lvs smaller, usually pinnatifid, rarely 2-pinnatifid, 1-4 × 0.5-1.5 cm. Racemes (1)-3-5 cm; rachis with sparse spreading hairs; pedicels spreading, 2.5-4 mm long. Sepals c. 0.5 mm long. Petals white, < sepals or 0. Stamens usually 2, rarely 4. Silicle broader than long, emarginate, c. 1.5 × 2-2.5 mm; valves finely warty or ridged, separating at maturity; stigma minute, almost sessile in apical notch of silicle. Seed comma-shaped, light brown, c. 1 mm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.
Lepidium didymum L.
Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.
Lepidium didymum L.
Lepidium didymum L.
Lepidium didymum L.
Senebiera didyma (L.) Pers.
Lepidium didymum L.
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2 June 2006