lens-podded hoary cress

Lepidium chalepense

Member of pepperweeds (genus Lepidium)
mustard family (family Brassicaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• perennial herb, rhizomed
• basal leaves not in a rosette, entire
• mid-cauline leaf bases clasping or lobed, ± dentate or entire
• inflorescence in a panicle, elongated
• petals 3–5 mm, white, stamens 6
• fruit 3.5–5.8 mm, roundish, inflated, tip wingless, no notch
• valve not veined
• rare

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora