Lepidium dictyotum

Lepidium dictyotum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Brassicales
Family:Brassicaceae
Genus:Lepidium
Species: L. dictyotum
Binomial name
Lepidium dictyotum

Lepidium dictyotum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names alkali pepperweed and alkali pepperwort.

It is native to the far western United States.[1] It grows in dry saline and alkaline soils, such as dry lakebeds.[2]

Description

Lepidium dictyotum is a hairy annual herb producing decumbent or spreading stems up to about 20 centimeters long. They are lined sparsely with small leaves divided into fingerlike lobes.

The inflorescence is a mostly erect raceme of tiny flowers. Each flower is made up of millimeter long sepals and occasionally a white petal, although the petals are usually absent.

The fruit is a dehiscent silique 3 or 4 millimeters long divided into two valves, each containing a seed.

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