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Lepidium wrightii

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Identification
Isotype of Lepidium wrightii A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A. Gray, 1853 Lepidium lasiocarpum Nuttall [family BRASSICACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Lepidium lasiocarpum
  • Lepidium palmeri
  • Lepidium georginum
  • Lepidium wrightii

Flora

Entry for Lepidium lasiocarpum Nuttall subsp. wrightii (A. Gray) Thellung [family CRUCIFERAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 7,
Names
Lepidium lasiocarpum Nuttall subsp. wrightii (A. Gray) Thellung [family CRUCIFERAE], Mitt. Bot. Mus. Univ. Zürich, 28: 266. 1906
Lepidium wrightii A. Gray [family CRUCIFERAE], Smithsonian Contr. Knowl., 5(6): 15. 1853
Lepidium lasiocarpum var. rotundum C. L. Hitchcock [family CRUCIFERAE]
Lepidium lasiocarpum var. wrightii (A. Gray) C. L. Hitchcock [family CRUCIFERAE]
Lepidium nelsonii L. O. Williams [family CRUCIFERAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
John F. Gaskin
Information
Fruiting pedicels (0.4–)0.5–0.7 mm wide, often more than 3 times as wide as thick. Nectar glands subulate, 0.3–0.5mm. Fruit valves hispid, trichomes pustular-based. 2n = 32.
Phenology
feb (winter), mar-may (spring)
Altitude range
200–1100 m;
Distribution
Mexico (Coahuila).Mexico (Tamaulipas).USA Ariz.USA N.Mex.USA Tex.
Discussion
I. A. Al-Shehbaz (1986b) reported subsp. wrightii from Louisiana, but we have seen no additional material from that state, where it was likely introduced.

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