Lepidium pinnatifidum

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Lepidium pinnatifidum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Brassicales
Family:  | Brassicaceae
Genus:  | Lepidium
Species:  |

L. pinnatifidum

Binomial name
Lepidium pinnatifidum

Ledeb.

Lepidium pinnatifidum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known in English by the common name featherleaf pepperweed.

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Description
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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

1. ↑ 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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