Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Brassicales Bromhead
Family
Cruciferae
Genus
Hymenolobus Nutt.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hymenolobus procumbens (L.) Schinz & Thell. (1921)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Capsella procumbens (L.) Fr. (1832)
  • ≡ Lepidium procumbens L.
  • ≡ Hutchinsia procumbens (L.) Desv.
  • = Capsella elliptica C.A.Mey. (1830) nom. illeg.
 Description

Annual or biennial. Stem procumbent, sparingly branched, glabrous, (5)–7–15 cm long. Lvs glabrous; basal lvs sinuate- to lyrate-pinnatifid with rounded to obovate lateral and obovate terminal lobes; stem lvs similar, becoming simple and bluntly toothed. Sepals c. 1 × 0.5 mm, glabrous. Petals white, < to = sepals. Silicle 3–4 × c. 2 mm, obovate, truncate to retuse at apex; valves keeled, membranous; stigma small, sessile. Seeds ovoid, brown, c. 0.5 mm long, 3–10 per locule.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: Nov.–Feb.

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