Lepidium Pinnatifidum
From Handwiki Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Lepidium pinnatifidum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Lepidium |
| Species: | L. pinnatifidum
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidium pinnatifidum Ledeb.
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Lepidium pinnatifidum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known in English by the common name featherleaf pepperweed.
Distribution
The plant is native to Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East.[1]
It is known elsewhere as an introduced species, particularly as an invasive species in California .
Description
Lepidium pinnatifidum is an annual or perennial herb growing a single erect stem up to 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) tall. The inflorescence is a raceme of tiny flowers made up mostly of millimeter-long sepals. There are usually no petals, but there occasionally appears a vestigial white petal. The fruit is a rounded, notched capsule only about 2 millimetres (0.08 in) long.
References
- ↑ Űnal, M., et al. (2007). A new record for Turkey: Lepidium pinnatifidum Ledeb. (Brassicaceae). Turk J Bot 31:575-76.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Photo gallery
See also Wikidata entry Q10956130.
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Categories: [Lepidium]
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