Lepidium phlebopetalum
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| Veined peppercress | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Lepidium |
| Species: | L. phlebopetalum |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidium phlebopetalum F. Muell, 1960 (L.) phlebopetalum – plant | |
Lepidium phlebopetalum, commonly known as veined peppercress, is a plant of the Brassicaceae family that is endemic to parts of Australia.
The annual or perennial herbaceous plants are 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in) tall or have a sprawling habitat. The leaves are leathery to succulent, lanceolate to linear, obtuse, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, and alternating up the stems. At times, leaves are absent due to dry conditions.[1]
The flowers (inflorescences) contain four petals that are white with purple veins and four sepals that are slightly shorter, in racemes, which lengthen as the fruiting bodies mature.[2]
The fruit produced by the plant is dehiscent, meaning that it is non-fleshy. The plant has scale-like seed pods.[3]
Etymology
In the binomial name; Lepidium phlebopetalum, the genus – Lepidium, comes from the Latin word lepidium, derived from Greek lepidion, meaning 'a little scale'. This refers to the scale-shaped seed pods present on the plant.[4][5] The species name, phlebopetalum, derives from the Greek words phléps, meaning "vein" (phlebo-), and pétalon, meaning "leaf", referring to its petals.[6]