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|accepted_name=Lepidium nanum
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|place=30, plate 4, figs. 5–7. 1871
|year=1871
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae;Lepidium;Lepidium nanum
|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 nanum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 572, 588
|treatment_page=page 587
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Perennials; (forming pincushion-like, pulvinate mounds, caudex woody, to 1.5 cm diam., buried, much-branched, covered with persistent leaves); puberulent. <b>Stems</b> simple from base (caudex branches), erect to ascending, unbranched distally, 0.05–0.2 dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves rosulate; petiole undifferentiated; blade obovate, 2.5–5 cm × 15–25(–35) mm, margins entire, (ciliolate), apex deeply 3-lobed (lobes ovate to suborbicular, margins entire). <b>Cauline</b> leaves absent. <b>Racemes</b> slightly elongated in fruit, (2–7-fruited); rachis puberulent, trichomes straight, cylindrical. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels suberect to ascending, often straight, (terete), 2–4.5 × 0.2–0.3 mm, puberulent throughout. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals (tardily deciduous), obovate, 1.3–4 × 0.8–1.1 mm; petals pale yellow or creamy white, spatulate, 1.8–2.9 × 0.8–1.2 mm, claw 0.8–1.1 mm; stamens 6; filaments 1.4–2 mm, (glabrous); anthers 1.4–2 mm. <b>Fruits</b> ovate, 2–4.2 × 1.5–3 mm, often apically winged, apical notch 0.1–0.2 mm deep; valves thin, smooth, not veined, glabrous; style (0.4–)0.6–1(–1.2) mm, exserted beyond apical notch. <b>Seeds</b> oblong, 1–2 × 0.8–1 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Gypsum knolls, tufa mounds around hotsprings, quartzite gravel, barren areas with shale and chalky soil, gravelly hillsides, white calcareous soils
|elevation=1500-2200 m
|distribution=Nev.;Utah.
|discussion=<p><i>Lepidium nanum</i> is most common in <i>Nevada</i> and is known in Utah from collections in Tooele County.</p>
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name=Lepidium nanum
|author=
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Gypsum knolls, tufa mounds around hotsprings, quartzite gravel, barren areas with shale and chalky soil, gravelly hillsides, white calcareous soils
|elevation=1500-2200 m
|distribution=Nev.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|publication year=1871
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_950.xml
|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae
|genus=Lepidium
|species=Lepidium nanum
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