Lepidium aucheri Boiss.
الرشاد البري
Brassicaceae
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Morphological Description
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Description
A annual herb. Leaves in basal rosette and cauline, lower petiolate, upper sessile; lamina variable, usually pinnately lobed, the lobes sometimes with 1-few short lobes, or subentire with remote teeth or sinuate. Flowers white, very small, in dense racemes. Siliculas tightly appressed to the stem, usually overlapping at least in the upper part of racemes, often somewhat wrapped around the stem ; up to 3.5 x 2.5 mm, deeply notched, the 2 apical lobes in the form of blunt triangular wings at the top.
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Description
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Habitat and Distribution
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Geographical Distribution Range
This Irano-Turanian species is distributed from Egypt to Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is also native to the whole Arabian Peninsula except Yemen. It was also introduced in Germany.
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Ecology
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Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFloweringFructification
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IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
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Phenology
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Uses and Values
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Description of Traditional Uses
No specific documented uses were identified in accessible literature.
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Description of Traditional Uses