Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
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Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 14: 381 (1882)
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Nomenclature
Kirk
Kirk
1882
381
ICN
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
species
Lepidium tenuicaule
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Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Small slender ± pilose herb with mainly radical lvs; stock uni-multicipital; main root deeply descending. Lvs on slender petioles up to 3 cm. long, sheathing at base. Lamina 1-5-(10) cm. long, narrow-oblong in outline; pinnate (to pinnatisect or pinnatifid in upper portion); pinnae us. deeply sharply serrate on anterior margin, teeth sts piliferous. Stems us. several, branched, prostrate, up to 30 cm. long, us. less, very slender, ± flexuous, bearing a few narrow-spathulate to narrow-obovate to linear entire or serrate lvs. Racemes slender, terminal, ± 3 cm. long; fls minute, us. ∞.Sepals 4, petals us. 0, stamens 4. Pods orbicular on very slender peduncles, narrowly winged. towards apex, minutely notched; style hardly > notch. Seeds oblong in outline, finely muriculate.
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Perennial. Stems prostrate to ascending, glabrous, (2)-8-15-(30) cm long. Lvs glabrous or with a few hairs on midrib and margins. Basal lvs persistent, pinnate, 2-10 × 0.5-1.5 cm. Pinnae in (5)-7-15 pairs, acutely toothed. Stem lvs toothed at apex, becoming entire, narrow-spathulate to linear-oblanceolate, cuneate at base, long-petiolate, 5-20 × 2-5 mm. Racemes 5-10 cm long at fruiting; rachis and pedicels glabrous or sparsely hairy; pedicels distant, spreading, 2-4 mm long at fruiting. Sepals sparsely hairy or rarely glabrous, 0.5-1 × 0.3-0.5 mm. Petals usually 0, or white, < sepals. Stamens usually 4. Silicles suborbicular, 1.5-2 × 1.5-1.8 mm; style 0.1 mm long, free from the very narrow wing, = or slightly > the very shallow notch; valves glabrous. Seed ovoid, brown, not winged, c. 1 mm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule var. australe (Kirk) Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule var. minor Cheeseman
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk var. tenuicaule
Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
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1 January 2000
3 April 2007