Citation: Smith, fl. Brit. 2:691 (1800).

Synonymy: Lepidium didymum L., Mant. 1:92 (1767); Senebiera didyma (L.)Pers., Syn. Pl. 2:185 (1806); S. pinnatifida DC., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 144 (1799); S. incisa Willd., Enum. Hort. Berol. 668 (1809); C. didymus (L.)Smith var. incisa (Willd.)Hook., Comp. Bot. Mag. 1:274 (1836).

Common name: Lesser swine cress, lesser wart-cress.

Description:
Herb, annual or perennial, prostrate to ascending, to 30 cm tall, glabrous or pilose, foetid; leaves to 9 cm long, petiolate, pinnatisect, with 3-5 pairs of pinnatifid lobes, reducing towards the apex.

Sepals 1-2 mm long; petals shorter than the sepals or absent, white; stamens 2 rarely 4.

Silicula bilobed, emarginate above and below, constricted at the septum, c. 1.5 mm long, 2-3 mm wide; valves reticulately pitted; pedicels 1.5-3 mm long.

Published illustration: Burbidge & Gray (1970) Flora of the A.C.T., fig. 179; Hewson (1982) Fl. Aust., fig. 53A-D; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 321.

Distribution:  Weed of disturbed soils.   W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   Native to South America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept. — Jan.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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