Family: Brassicaceae
Lepidium perfoliatum
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 643 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Annual or biennial herbs, erect, 20-40 cm tall, hairy with sparse setulose hairs; leaves markedly dimorphic with basal leaves bi- to tripinnate and cauline leaves broad-ovate to cordate, auriculate with overlapping lobes.
Sepals spreading, c. 1 mm long; petals c. 1.5 mm long, yellow; stamens 6.
Silicula broad-elliptic, 3-4 mm wide, slightly winged in the upper half to form a slight notch; seeds ovoid, 1.7-2 mm long, compressed.
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Image source: fig 216e in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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Weed of doubtful establishment near settlement.
S.Aust.: SL. W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W. Native to Eurasia; naturalised in many parts of the world.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Sept. (2 records).
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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