Family: Brassicaceae
Lepidium muelleri-ferdinandi
Citation:
-ferdinandi, Thell., Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, 1:290 (1906).
Synonymy: L. papillosum F. Muell. var. pubescens F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 7:19 (1869).
Common name: Muellers peppercress.
Description:
Annual or ephemeral herbs, erect, 10-20 (rarely to 60) cm tall, pubescent with obtuse-tipped hairs; leaves pinnate to linear-lanceolate, 20-30 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, often caducous in mature plants.
Sepals 0.75-1 mm long; petals reduced, narrow-linear; stamens 2, median.
Silicula elliptic to ovate, 4-6 mm long, 2.7-3.5 mm wide, winged in the upper half, forming a narrow notch; pedicels erect to spreading, 2-3 mm long; seeds ellipsoid, c. 1.5 mm long.
Distribution:
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Grows in arid and semi-arid regions.
S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA. W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: July — Jan.
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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:
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