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|accepted_name=Lepidium densiflorum
|accepted_authority=Schrader
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Index Seminum (Göttingen)
|place=1832: 4. 1832
|year=1832
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lepidium densiflorum var. elongatum
|authority=(Rydberg) Thellung
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|name=Lepidium densiflorum var. macrocarpum
|authority=G. A. Mulligan
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|name=Lepidium densiflorum var. pubicarpum
|authority=(A. Nelson) Thellung
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|name=Lepidium densiflorum var. ramosum
|authority=(A. Nelson) Thellung
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|name=Lepidium elongatum
|authority=unknown
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|name=Lepidium neglectum
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lepidium pubicarpum
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lepidium ramosum
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae;Lepidium;Lepidium densiflorum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lepidium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lepidium densiflorum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 574, 580, 590, 591, 594, 595
|treatment_page=page 579
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>or biennials; puberulent or glabrous, (trichomes cylindrical). <b>Stems</b> simple from base, erect, branched distally, (1–)2.5–5(–6.5) dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves (early withered); rosulate; petiole 0.5–1.5(–2) cm; blade oblanceolate, spatulate, or oblong, (1.5–)2.5–8(–11) cm × 5–10(–20) mm, margins coarsely serrate or pinnatifid. <b>Cauline</b> leaves shortly petiolate; blade narrowly oblanceolate or linear, (0.7–)1.3–6.2(–8) cm × (0.5–)1.5–10(–18) mm, base attenuate to cuneate, not auriculate, margins usually entire or irregularly serrate to dentate, rarely pinnatifid. <b>Racemes</b> considerably elongated in fruit; rachis puberulent, trichomes straight, slender to subclavate. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels divaricate-ascending to horizontal, straight or slightly recurved, (terete), (1.5–)2–3.5(–4) × 0.15–0.25 mm, puberulent adaxially. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals oblong, 0.5–0.8(–1) × 0.3–0.5 mm; petals (absent or rudimentary) white, filiform, 0.3–0.9 mm, claw absent; stamens 2, median; filaments 0.6–1(–1.8) mm; anthers 0.1–0.2 mm. <b>Fruits</b> obovate to obovate-suborbicular, (2–)2.5–3(–3.5) × 1.5–2.5(–3) mm (widest beyond middle), apically winged, apical notch 0.2–0.4 mm deep; valves thin, smooth, not veined, glabrous or sparsely puberulent (at least on margin); style 0.1–0.2 mm, included in apical notch. <b>Seeds</b> ovate, 1.1–1.3(–1.5) × 0.8–0.9 mm. <b>2n</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Waste places, disturbed sites, prairies, fields, pastures, grasslands, chaparral, meadows, sagebrush flats, flood plains, gravelly hillsides, rock crevices, seashores, sandy places, shaley barrens, open mesa, roadsides
|elevation=0-3500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Nuevo León);introduced in Europe;Asia.
|discussion=<p>North American records of <i>Lepidium</i> apetalum Willdenow mostly represent misidentifications of <i>L. densiflorum</i>. The latter has obovate fruits widest beyond the middle, whereas L. apetalum has elliptic fruits widest at the middle.</p><!--
--><p>The number and limits of the varieties recognized in <i>Lepidium densiflorum</i>, as well as the characters used to delimit them, vary among authors (A. Thellung 1906; C. L. Hitchcock 1936; G. A. Mulligan 1961; R. C. Rollins 1993; N. H. Holmgren 2005b). The variation almost always does not correlate with geography, and the recognition of varieties in this species is neither practical nor very useful. All of those authors admitted that these varieties are “very weak at best” (Rollins, p. 554). Of them, perhaps var. pubicarpum (including <i></i></i>var.<i><i> elongatum</i>) might merit recognition. It is distributed in almost all of the Mountain and Pacific states and is distinguished from the other varieties solely by the presence of trichomes or minute papillae on the fruit valves. The density of these trichomes ranges from moderate and covering the entire valve surface to very sparse and represented by individual papillate trichomes restricted to the valve margin. Furthermore, the length of these trichomes may vary from ca. 0.01 to 0.3 mm. In some species (e.g., <i>L. dictyotum</i>) both glabrous- and pubescent-fruited forms occur, yet none of the above authors gave formal recognition to both forms. It is not known if both glabrous and puberulent fruits occur within the same population in <i>L. densiflorum</i>. The species is autogamous, but nothing is known about the rates of gene flow between and within populations.</p>
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name=Lepidium densiflorum
|author=
|authority=Schrader
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lepidium densiflorum var. elongatum;Lepidium densiflorum var. macrocarpum;Lepidium densiflorum var. pubicarpum;Lepidium densiflorum var. ramosum;Lepidium elongatum;Lepidium neglectum;Lepidium pubicarpum;Lepidium ramosum
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Waste places, disturbed sites, prairies, fields, pastures, grasslands, chaparral, meadows, sagebrush flats, flood plains, gravelly hillsides, rock crevices, seashores, sandy places, shaley barrens, open mesa, roadsides
|elevation=0-3500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Nuevo León);introduced in Europe;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Index Seminum (Göttingen)
|publication year=1832
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae
|genus=Lepidium
|species=Lepidium densiflorum
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