Lepidium peregrinum Thell. APNI*
Description: Annual herb, branching, erect to decumbent, to 40 cm high, glabrous or slightly papillose.
Basal leaves to 15 cm long, 2-pinnatisect, ciliate; stem leaves reducing to lanceolate, toothed, acute, 2–6 cm long, 1–8 mm wide.
Inflorescence a lateral raceme. Sepals 0.5–0.8 mm long. Petals reduced or absent. Stamens usually 2. Silicula ovate, 2–2.7 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, wings slight in upper half, forming a shallow notch; pedicel 3–5 mm long, horizontal to recurved, finely hairy above.
Silicul.a ovate, 2–2.7 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, wings slight in upper half, forming a shallow notch; pedicel 3–5 mm long, horizontal to recurved, finely hairy above.
Distribution and occurrence: Rare species, possibly extinct, recorded from the Blue Mtns and near the Qld border.
NSW subdivisions: CC, NT, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden Taxon concept: N.H. Scarlett (1999)
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