View source for Lepidium sativum

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|accepted_name=Lepidium sativum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 644. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae;Lepidium;Lepidium sativum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lepidium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lepidium sativum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 574
|treatment_page=page 592
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Annuals; (often glaucous), usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pilose. <b>Stems</b> simple from base, erect, branched distally, (1–)2–8(–10) dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves (withered by anthesis); not rosulate; petiole 1–4 cm; blade 1- or 2-pinnatifid or pinnatisect (lobes ovate to oblong), 2–8(–10) cm, margins (of lobes) entire or dentate. <b>Cauline</b> leaves petiolate; blade similar to basal, usually less divided, rarely undivided, (distal) often linear, bases not auriculate, margins entire. <b>Racemes</b> considerably elongated in fruit; rachis glabrous. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels suberect to ascending, appressed to rachis, straight, (terete or slightly flattened), 1.5–4(–6) × 0.4–0.6 mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals oblong-obovate, 1–1.8 × 0.5–0.8 mm; petals white or lavender, spatulate to obovate, 2–3.5(–4) × 0.7–1.4 mm, claw 1–1.4 mm; stamens 6; filaments (median pairs) 1.5–2 mm, (glabrous); anthers 0.4–0.5 mm. <b>Fruits</b> broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, (4–)5–6.4(–7) × 3–4.5(–5.6) mm, apically broadly winged, apical notch 0.2 0.8 mm deep; valves thin, smooth, not veined, glabrous; style 0.1–0.5(–0.8) mm, usually included in, rarely subequaling, apical notch. <b>Seeds</b> (reddish brown), ovate-oblong, 2–2.7(–3) × 1–1.5 mm, (3-lobed). <b>2n</b> = 16, 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Aug.
|habitat=Gardens, old fields, vacant lots, disturbed areas, railroad embankments, waste grounds, roadsides, cultivated areas
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Conn.;Idaho;Iowa;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Wash.;Wyo.;Europe;sw Asia;perhaps ne Africa;introduced also in South America (Argentina);Australia.
|discussion=<p>Lepidium sativum is cultivated as a salad green and is sporadically naturalized, though never as an aggressive weed. It is seldom collected; the above range may be incomplete.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lepidium sativum
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Aug.
|habitat=Gardens, old fields, vacant lots, disturbed areas, railroad embankments, waste grounds, roadsides, cultivated areas
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Conn.;Idaho;Iowa;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Wash.;Wyo.;Europe;sw Asia;perhaps ne Africa;introduced also in South America (Argentina);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae
|genus=Lepidium
|species=Lepidium sativum
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