Family: Brassicaceae
Microlepidium alatum
Citation:
E. Shaw, Contr. Gray Herb. 205:159 (1974).
Synonymy: Hymenolobus Matus J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 67:36 (1943).
, Hymenolobus alatus Common name: None
Description:
Annual herbs, spreading to erect, stout, rigid, rarely branched, to 20 cm tall, glabrous; basal leaves obovate, to 2 cm long, usually entire; cauline leaves obovate, to 1.5 cm long, remotely dentate to entire.
Sepals cucullate, 1-2 mm long; petals absent.
Silicula round to cordate, terete or slightly compressed (except wings), 4-5.5 mm long; notch deep; valves completely winged; seeds broadly ellipsoid, 0.8-1 mm long.
Published illustration:
Hewson (1982) Fl. Aust. 8:fig. 54G, H.
Distribution:
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Grows in protected places in semi-arid regions.
S.Aust.: EP.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Sept.
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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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