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Lepidium kirkii Petrie

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Lepidium kirkii Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22: 439 (1889 [1890])
Lepidium kirkii Petrie

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New Zealand
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Petrie
Petrie
1889
1890
439
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Lepidium kirkii Petrie
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Lepidium kirkii

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kirkii

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Lepidium kirkii Petrie

Slender herb, branches arising from rather short rootstock; stems decumbent, up to 10 cm. long, very slender, flexuous, glabrate, sparingly branched, produced into racemes. Lvs entire, very narrow; radical up to 3 cm. long, linear-spathulate with scarious sheathing base; cauline c. 2.5 mm. long, linear, sessile or nearly so, minutely ciliate. Racemes short at anthesis, elongating in fr. to c. 4 cm.; fls minute, pedicels very slender. Sepals ovate-suborbicular, 0·5 mm. long; petals narrower, shorter, sts obsolete; stamens 4, glands 6, filiform. Silicles c. 2.5 mm. long, ovate-suborbicular, subacute, slightly compressed, minutely notched; style exserted. Seeds narrow-ovoid, somewhat compressed, yellowish brown, c. 1·5 mm. long.

Lepidium kirkii Petrie

Perennial. Stems slender, prostrate, flexuous, branching, glabrous, 4-8-(10) cm long. Lvs entire, glabrous or with a few hairs on margin. Basal lvs linear-spathulate, 0.5-2-(3) × 0.3-0.6 cm, with persistent broad sheathing scarious bases. Stem lvs linear-oblanceolate, 1-3 × 0.3-0.5 mm. Racemes flexuous, 1-3 cm long; pedicels spreading, 1-2 mm long at fruiting. Sepals 0.5-1 × 0.3-0.8 mm. Petals white, narrow-spathulate, = sepals or 0. Stamens 4. Silicle ovate, 1.5-2 × 1-1.5 mm; style 0.1 mm long, free from the very narrow wing, = or slightly exceeding the very shallow notch; valves glabrous. Seeds ovoid, pale brown, not winged, c. 1.5 mm long.

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Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie
Lepidium kirkii Petrie

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3e422dac-e356-4a3b-bda1-e1ff4b327e84
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1 January 2000
3 April 2007
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