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Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.

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Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.
Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Benth.
Benth.
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Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.
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Lepidium heterophyllum

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heterophyllum

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Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.

Perennial herb. Stems decumbent to erect, hairy, (5)-10-30 cm tall, sparingly branched above. Lvs hairy. Basal lvs persistent or withering at fruiting, ovate or narrow-obovate, entire or rarely lyrate-pinnatifid, 3-10 × 0.5-1 cm; petiole > lamina. Stem lvs suberect, narrowly triangular, sessile, 10-30 × 2-10 mm, with narrow pointed amplexicaul basal lobes; margin with short coarse teeth or almost entire. Racemes 5-10 cm long; rachis densly hairy; pedicels densely hairy, spreading, 3-5 mm long at fruiting. Sepals glabrous or hairy, 1-1.5 × c. 0.5 mm. Petals white, clawed, c. 2 × 0.5 mm. Stamens 6. Silicle elliptic, 3.5-5 × 2-4 mm; lower part of style connate with the broad wing, upper part free for 0.5-1 mm, protruding beyond the short apical notch; valves glabrous or sparsely papillate. Seeds very dark brown, ovoid, 2-2.5 mm long.

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Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.
Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.

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Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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f81e6530-5864-4587-825e-ba505bfdfcef
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1 January 2000
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