Brassicaceae Week: Lepidium latifolium from California

Gurcharan Singh

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Nov 9, 2012, 9:36:40 PM11/9/12

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Lepidium latifolium L. Sp. Pl. 2: 644, 1753

Common names: broadleaf-pepperwort, perennial pepperwort, dittander

Tall perennial herb, branched, woody at base; lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, up to 15 cm long, entire or serrate, on up to 8 cm long petioles, upper leaves smaller with shorter petioles, uppermost sessile; flowers white to slightly pinkish, 2-2.5 mm across on up to 5 mm long pedicels, forming ebracteate corymbose racemes; silicula ovate-orbicuar, about 2 mm, scarcely emarginate.

Photographed from California

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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Nidhan Singh

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Nov 9, 2012, 11:55:23 PM11/9/12

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Thanks a lot sir for showing so many species of Lepidium, most of them are new to me...I only knew L. sativum....
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Dr. Nidhan Singh

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Prashant Awale

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Nov 10, 2012, 11:56:34 PM11/10/12

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New to me too. Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for sharing.
Regards
Prashant

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