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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Family: Brassicaceae
Lepidium pseudopapillosum

Citation: Thell., Vjschr. naturf. Ges. Zarich 61:462 (1916).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Subshrubs erect to 15 cm tall, papillose; basal leaves pinnately lobed with linear lobes; cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, entire.

Sepals c. 0.75 mm long; petals absent; stamens 4.

Silicula broad-ovate, c. 5 mm long, c. 4 mm wide, reticulate, glabrous or papillose, with the obtuse wings broadening from the fruit base to form an open notch; pedicels robust, spreading, 4-7 mm long; seeds ellipsoid, c. 2 mm long.

image of FSA1_Lepidium_pseudop.jpg Lepidium pseudopapillosum
Image source: fig 217a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  A very rare species in the FR.

S.Aust.: FR.   Vic.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: not known (no specimen in AD).


SA Distribution Map based
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specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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