Class: | Magnoliopsida |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Lepidium |
Editor | Bektemir Osmonali |
Scientific name: | Lepidium latifolium L. |
Name acc. to: | Bektemir |
Herbar: | list records |
Synonym: | Lepidium affine Ledebour (acc. to Flora of China) |
Synonym: | Lepidium sibiricum Schweigger (acc. to Flora of China) |
Description: | Herbs perennial, (20-)35-120(-150) cm tall. Stems erect, many branched above, slightly woody at base, glabrous or pubescent, often glaucous. Uppermost cauline leaves sessile or subsessile, leathery; fruit not carinate; seeds (0.8-)1-1.3 mm. |
Link to Flora of China: | http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200009584 |
Habitat: | Solonetzes, solonchaks, alkaline banks of springs, small rivers and lake coasts, alkaline sands, sandy steppes, nomad camp sites |