Lepidium sativum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 331

6. L. sativum L. , Sp. Pl. 644 (1753).

Annual with a single erect stem 20-40 cm, glabrous. Basal leaves Iong-petiolate, lyrate, with toothed obovate lobes; upper cauline leaves linear, entire. Sepals 1-1-5 mm; petals twice as long as sepals, sometimes reddish. Stamens 6. Pedicels 3-4 mm in fruit. Silicula 5-6 x 3- 5 mm, broadly elliptical, narrowly winged above, glabrous; style not projecting beyond the deep apical notch. Cotyledons deeply 3-lobed. Cultivated and naturalized throughout much o f Europe. Naturalized in all except Al BI Co H b Is Tu. (Egypt and W. Asia.)