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Lepidium aucheri Boiss.

الرشاد البري
Brassicaceae
  • Morphological Description
    • 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.
  • Habitat and Distribution
    • 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.
  • Ecology
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    • IUCN Red List Category
      Not Evaluated  IUCN Icon
      Not Evaluated
  • Uses and Values
    • Description of Traditional Uses
      No specific documented uses were identified in accessible literature.