
Lepidium L. 1753, Sp. Pl. 2: 643; id. 1754, Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 291. Plants are annual, biennial or rarely perennial. Leaves are entire to pinnatisect divided. Raceme elongated in fruit. Species of Lepidium have a different number of stamens. Cruciferae typically has 6 stamens but in Lepidium there are also 2 and 4 stamens in flower. Sepals erect with a white margin. Petals are white or yellow, longer than sepals, equal in length or absent. The fruit is silicula and shape varies from orbicular to ovate. Seed ovoid, 1 per locule.
Published as part of Rūrāne, Ieva & Roze, Ieva, 2019, Genus Lepidium L. In The Flora Of Latvia, pp. 191-198 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 19 (2) on page 193, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10979943
Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Brassicaceae, Biodiversity, Brassicales, Plantae, Lepidium, Taxonomy
Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Brassicaceae, Biodiversity, Brassicales, Plantae, Lepidium, Taxonomy
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