Common name: Winged Peppercress, Winged Peppercress
Lepidium monoplocoides F.Muell. APNI* 
Description: Annual herbs 15–20 cm high, erect, glabrous to scabrous with small tubercles.
Leaves narrow-linear, mostly 2–7 cm long, pinnatisect to entire.
Inflorescence an elongating raceme. Sepals to c. 1 mm long. Petals rudimentary or absent. Stamens usually 4, filaments dilated. Silicula broad-ovate to circular, 5 mm long, c. 4 mm wide, glabrous; wings acute, uniform around fruit; pedicel spreading, 2–3 mm long, flattened, ± glabrous.
Silicul.a broad-ovate to circular, 5 mm long, c. 4 mm wide, glabrous; wings acute, uniform around fruit; pedicel spreading, 2–3 mm long, flattened, ± glabrous.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in semi-arid regions.
NSW subdivisions: SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. S.A.
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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