Lepidium lasiocarpum subsp. wrightii

(A. Gray) Thellung

Mitt. Bot. Mus. Univ. Zürich 28: 266. 1906.

Basionym: Lepidium wrightii A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 15. 1853
Synonyms: Lepidium lasiocarpum var. rotundum C. L. Hitchcock Lepidium lasiocarpum var. wrightii (A. Gray) C. L. Hitchcock Lepidium nelsonii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 585. Mentioned on page 584.

Fruiting pedicels (0.4–) 0.5–0.7 mm wide, often more than 3 times as wide as thick. Nectar glands subulate, 0.3–0.5mm. Fruit valves hispid, trichomes pustular-based. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat: Roadsides, rocky draws, dry washes, loose sand, stony or gravelly areas, clay flats
Elevation: 200-1100 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

I. A. Al-Shehbaz (1986b) reported subsp. wrightii from Louisiana, but we have seen no additional material from that state, where it was likely introduced.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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oblong +  and ovate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +  and John F. Gaskin +
(A. Gray) Thellung +
not auriculate +  and cuneate +
Lepidium wrightii +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
not +  and auriculate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
lobed +, crenate +, serrate +, denticulate +  and dentate +
lanceolate;oblanceolate +
much smaller +  and reduced +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
well-developed +
distinct +
differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
incumbent +  and accumbent +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
200-1100 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
oblanceolate +  and linear +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br />) +
0.36 cm3.6 mm <br />0.0036 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
ovate +  and ovate-orbicular +
0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br /> (0.36 cm3.6 mm <br />0.0036 m <br />) +
terete +, inflated +, angustiseptate +, globose +, obovoid +, ovoid +, orbicular +, elliptic +, obcordate +, cordate +, obovate +, ovate +  and oblong +
terete +, inflated +, angustiseptate +, globose +, obovoid +, ovoid +, orbicular +, elliptic +, obcordate +, cordate +, obovate +, ovate +  and oblong +
Roadsides, rocky draws, dry washes, loose sand, stony or gravelly areas, clay flats +
sessile +  and petiolate +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
cauline +  and basal +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
dentate +  and entire +
subentire;dentate +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
purple +, pink +, yellow +  and white +
rudimentary +
cruciform +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
Flowering Feb–May. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
Mitt. Bot. Mus. Univ. Zürich +
stout +  and slender +
hispid +  and hirsute +
mucilaginous +
not winged +, margined +  and winged +
not +  and mucilaginous +
white +, black +, brown +  and yellow +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
ascending +  and spreading +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
perforated +  and complete +
reduced +
latiseptate +, schizocarpic +, samaroid +  and lomentaceous +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
angustiseptate +, flat +, angled +, terete +, torulose +, not +, segmented +  and nutletlike +
Weedy +  and Illustrated +
tetradynamous +
branched +  and simple +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
erect +  and ascending or decumbent +
usually few +  and several +
entire +  and capitate +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +
distinct +
0-0.1 mm +  and obsolete +
Lepidium lasiocarpum var. rotundum +, Lepidium lasiocarpum var. wrightii +  and Lepidium nelsonii +
Lepidium lasiocarpum subsp. wrightii +
Lepidium lasiocarpum +
subspecies +
curved +  and straight +
divaricate-ascending +  and horizontal +
pustular-based +
cylindrical +
hirsute +  and hispid +
anastomosing +
hispid +  and hirsute +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
3+ times as wide as thick +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
pilose +, hirsute +, pubescent +  and glabrous +