familyBrassicaceae
genusLepidium
speciesLepidium virginicum
subspeciesLepidium virginicum subsp. menziesii
Lepidium virginicum subsp. menziesii
Mitt. Bot. Mus. Univ. Zürich 28: 230. 1906.
Basionym: Lepidium menziesii de Candolle Syst. Nat. 2: 539. 1821
Synonyms: Lepidium bernardinum Abrams Lepidium californicum Nuttall Lepidium glaucum Greene Lepidium hirsutum Rydberg Lepidium idahoense A. Heller Lepidium intermedium var. pubescens Greene Lepidium medium Howell Lepidium medium var. pubescens (Greene) B. L. Robinson Lepidium occidentale A. Heller Lepidium robinsonii Lepidium simile Lepidium virginicum var. californicum Jepson Lepidium virginicum var. medium (Greene) C. L. Hitchcock Lepidium virginicum var. menziesii (de Candolle) C. L. Hitchcock Lepidium virginicum var. pubescens (Greene) Thellung Lepidium virginicum var. robinsonii (Thellung) C. L. Hitchcock
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 595.
Fruiting pedicels flattened (at least proximal to apex), (0.2–) 0.3–0.4 mm wide. Fruit valves glabrous or puberulent. Cotyledons incumbent or obliquely so. 2n = 32.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Roadsides, bottomlands, gravelly and sandy shores, waste grounds, stream banks, grassy meadows, dry flats and stream beds, abandoned fields, woods, cliffs, plains, pastures, sagebrush and other desert shrub communities, dry mountain slopes
Elevation: 700-2600 m
Distribution
B.C., Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Tex., Utah, Wash., Wyo., Mexico
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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hypogynous +
dithecal +
dehiscing +
deep +
petiolate +
not rosulate +
opposite +
absent +
linear;oblanceolate;oblanceolate;spatulate;oblanceolate;spatulate;obovate +
absent +
woody +
petiolate +
well-developed +
distinct +
absent +
differentiated +
3[2]-fid +
absent +
absent +
median +
dilated +
actinomorphic +
white +
distinct +
bisexual +
winged +
sessile +
sessile +
dehiscent +
distinct +
absent +
Roadsides, bottomlands, gravelly and sandy shores, waste grounds, stream banks, grassy meadows, dry flats and stream beds, abandoned fields, woods, cliffs, plains, pastures, sagebrush and other desert shrub communities, dry mountain slopes +
racemose +
pungent +
watery +
absent +
connivent +
spreading +
decurrent +
pinnatifid;lyrate or dentate +
absent +
1-seeded +
receptacular +
variable +
eseptate +
parietal +
apical +
decussate +
absent +
hypogynous +
alternate +
absent +
rudimentary +
cruciform +
2-carpellate +
3-colpate +
Mitt. Bot. Mus. Univ. Zürich +
1906 +
ebracteate +
divaricate +
erect +
coiled +
accumbent +
conduplicate +
incumbent +
tiny +
indistinct +
rounded +
slender +
mucilaginous +
aseriate +
ovate +
saccate +
distinct +
lateral +
absent +
reduced +
longitudinal +
tetradynamous +
equal +
median +
procumbent +
erect +
2-lobed +
absent +
persistent +
distinct +
absent +
obsolete +
Lepidium bernardinum +, Lepidium californicum +, Lepidium glaucum +, Lepidium hirsutum +, Lepidium idahoense +, Lepidium intermedium var. pubescens +, Lepidium medium +, Lepidium medium var. pubescens +, Lepidium occidentale +, Lepidium robinsonii +, Lepidium simile +, Lepidium virginicum var. californicum +, Lepidium virginicum var. medium +, Lepidium virginicum var. menziesii +, Lepidium virginicum var. pubescens + and Lepidium virginicum var. robinsonii +
Lepidium virginicum subsp. menziesii +
Lepidium virginicum +
subspecies +
simple +
stellate +
absent +
cylindrical +
not veined +
dehiscing +
glabrous +
thin +
anastomosing +
prominent +
eglandular +
annual +
puberulent +
flattened +
not scapose +
submerged +