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Lepidium graminifolium (Grass-leaved Pepperwort) |
Lepidium graminifolium (BRASSICACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Lepidium graminifolium L.
Published in Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1127 (1759) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Brassicaceae
Juss. (=Cruciferae) (The Mustard or Cress Family)
47 species from the Brassicaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Grass-leaved Pepperwort, Grass-leaved Pepperweed | Maltese name(s) : | Buttuniera wieqfa | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (prostate plants with flowers close to the ground)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Apr-Sep | Colour of Flowers: | White |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Perennial with erect glabrous or sparsely hairy stems up to 50 cm, branched above. Basal leaves up to 10 cm, long-petiolate, oblanceolate to oblong, toothed or pinnately lobed; upper cauline leaves linear or linear-spathulate. Sepals 0.5-1.4 mm, narrowly white-margined above the middle; petals up to 1½ times as long as the sepals, with obovate-spathulate limb. Pedicels 2.5-4 mm in fruit. Silicula 2.5-4 x 1.5-3 mm, acute to acuminate, not notched, not or scarcely winged; style c. 0.2 mm, exceeding the notch. |
Distributional range: |
S. & C. Europe, extending northwards to the Netherlands |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Corse, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part), Introduced in Belgium, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
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? Ag Al Au BH Bl(I M N) Bu Cg Co Ct Ga(F) Ge Gr He Ho Hs(A S) Hu It La LS Lu Ma Mk Rm Sa Si(M S) Sk Sl Sr Tu(E) Uk(K) [Be(B)] |
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