Lepidium dictyotum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Lepidium |
| Species: | L. dictyotum
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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.
References
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment of Lepidium dictyotum
- Photo gallery: Lepidium dictyotum var. acutidens
- Photo gallery: Lepidium dictyotum var. dictyotum
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- Lepidium
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of California
- Flora of Idaho
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of Washington (state)
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1868
- Brassicales stubs