Citation: Thell., Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf Ges. 41, 1:305 (1906).

Synonymy: L. sagittulatum Thell. var . genuinum Domin, Biblthca Bot. 89:698 (1926).

Common name: Fine-leaved peppercress.

Description:
Annual herbs, erect, mostly 20-30 cm tall, glabrous except for leaf axils and leaves; basal leaves bipinnatifid, hairy with aciculiform hairs; cauline leaves reducing to lanceolate and bract-like, sessile, auriculate, with marginal papillae.

Sepals 0.5-0.75 mm long; petals reduced, linear, or absent; stamens 2, median; silicula elliptic to obovate, 2-2.5 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide; wing slight in the upper half, forming a slight notch; pedicels erect to spreading, 3-5 mm long, glabrous; seeds ellipsoid, c. 1.25 mm long.

	Lepidium sagittulatum
Image source: fig 217e in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Hayward & Druce (1919)Advent. Flora of Tweedside, t. 7; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 328.

Distribution:  Grows in semi-arid regions. S.Aust.: LE, NU, GT, FR, EA, NL, MU, SL.   W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.

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

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