


Cardamine flexuosa With.

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Cardamine flexuosa With., Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 3, 578 (1796)
Cardamine flexuosa With.
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With.
With.
1796
578
ICN
Cardamine flexuosa With.
species
Cardamine flexuosa
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Cardamine flexuosa With.
Annual to perennial herb. Rhizomes 0. Stems erect, flexuous, hairy especially below, green, rarely purplish, (10)-15-30-(40) cm tall. Lvs thin, green, sparsely hairy above and sometimes beneath and on petiole. Rosette lvs pinnate, petiolate; terminal leaflet circular, bluntly lobed, cordate, slightly larger than laterals; lateral leaflets in (2)-3-4-(5) pairs, ovate, bluntly lobed, cordate and unequal at base; petiolules < leaflets. Cauline lvs pinnate, petiolate; terminal leaflet obovate, bluntly lobed, cuneate, becoming narrow-oblanceolate, toothed, slightly larger than the lateral leaflets; lateral leaflets in (2)-3-(4) pairs, ovate, cordate, becoming narrow-oblanceolate, toothed especially basiscopically, shortly petiolulate, becoming subsessile. Infl. racemose, flexuous, glabrous or sparsely hairy, (4)-6-10-(15) cm long. Pedicels glabrous or rarely the lowest sparsely hairy, erecto-patent to ± spreading, 3-10 mm long at fruiting. Sepals glabrous, purplish, pinkish or green, 1.3-1.7 × 0.5-0.8 mm; margins scarious. Petals white, ± erect, spathulate, 2-3 × 0.6-1.0 mm. Stamens 6. Silique pale greenish brown, rarely with purple valves, erecto-patent at angle to pedicel, (10)-15-18-(25) × c. 1 mm; valves glabrous; style 0.8-1 mm long. Seeds reddish brown, broad-oblong, very narrowly winged, c. 1 mm long.
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Cardamine flexuosa With.
Cardamine flexuosa With.
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6d303067-dc16-43da-b8f3-9869891bea0b
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1 January 2000
4 January 2018