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Cardamine hirsuta

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Name

Identification
Cardamine hirsuta L. [family BRASSICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by orig., Cardamine hirsuta L. [family BRASSICACEAE ] Verified by J. Müller (JE),
Related name
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  • Cardamine indet.
  • Cardamine hirsuta
  • Cardamine heterophylla

Flora

Entry for CARDAMINE hirsuta L. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by B. Jonsell (Brassica, Diceratella, Diplotaxis, Erucastrum, Farsetia, Matthiola, Schouwia, Sisymbrium) and M. Thulin (Arabidopsis, Arabis, Cardamine, Eruca and Moricandia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CARDAMINE hirsuta L. [family CRUCIFERAE], (1753).
Information
Annual to 20 cm high or more; stems glabrous or sparsely hairy: leaves glabrous or hairy above, pinnate with a terminal leaflet and 2–6 pairs of smaller lateral leaflets, the lower in a rosette with reniform terminal leaflet and rounded lateral leaflets. Racemes without bracts, elongating in fruit; pedicels ascending, 3–8 mm long in fruit. Petals longer than the sepals, c. 2–3 mm long, white, spathulate. Siliqua erect, linear, straight, 12–27 x c. 1 mm; style c. 0.5–1 mm long. Seeds c. 1 x 0.8 mm.
Range
N2 East Africa, almost cosmopolitan.
Altitude range
1550 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin, Dahir & Hassan 8978.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Notes
First record for Somalia (Karin Xaggarood at 10°58’N, 48°52’E).

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