shining pepperweed
Lepidium nitidum
Member of
pepperweeds (genus Lepidium)
mustard family (family Brassicaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
red, white, other colors in flowering plants
- annual
- basal leaves not in a rosette, pinnately divided, early-deciduous
- mid-cauline leaves similar, smaller, occasionally undivided
- inflorescence much elongated
- pedicel strongly flattened, not appressed
- sepals 0.9–1.3 mm, not persistent
- petals 0 or 1.2–2 mm, white, glabrous abaxially, stamens 4
- fruit 3–5.5 mm, roundish, flat, tip winged, notch 0.3–0.7 mm
- valve not or obscurely veined
- uncommon
Chris’s observations: 26 (20 are research grade)
Locations:
- Coyote Lake / Harvey Bear Ranch CP: 5
- Joseph D. Grant CP: 5
- Calero CP: 2
- Máyyan 'Ooyákma Coyote Ridge OSP: 2
- Pacheco SP: 2
- Sunol Wilderness RP: 2
- Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve
- Garin RP
- Henry Coe SP
- Mission Peak RP
- Pleasanton Ridge RP
- Rancho Cañada del Oro OSP
- Russian Ridge OSP
- Santa Teresa CP
Months:
- Jan.: 2
- Feb.: 1
- Mar.: 9
- Apr.: 12
- May: 2
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Taxon info:
iNaturalist
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Calflora
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CalPhotos
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Jepson eFlora
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FNA
Bay Area species:
iNaturalist
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Calflora
