- Lepidium fremontii
taxobox
name = "Lepidium fremontii"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
unranked_ordo =Rosids
ordo =Brassicales
familia =Brassicaceae
genus = "Lepidium "
species = "L. fremontii"
binomial = "Lepidium fremontii"
binomial_authority = S.Wats.|"Lepidium fremontii" is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name desert pepperweed. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows on sandy desert flats and the rocky slopes of nearby hills and mountains. This is a robust perennial herb producing a branching, tangled gray stem to about a meter in height. The many sprawling stems are foliated in linear leaves up to about 10 centimeters long which may have several fingerlike lobes. The plant produces thick
raceme s of many small flowers. Each flower has spoon-shaped white petals just a few millimeters long. The fruit is a mostly flattened oblong to rounded capsule under a centimeter long.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2240,2504,2518 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LEFR2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Lepidium+fremontii Photo gallery]
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