View source for Lepidium ostleri

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|accepted_name=Lepidium ostleri
|accepted_authority=S. L. Welsh & Goodrich
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Great Basin Naturalist
|place=40: 80, fig. 3. 1980
|year=1980
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae;Lepidium;Lepidium ostleri
|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 ostleri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 573
|treatment_page=page 589
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Perennials; (pulvinate, caudex woody, many-branched, covered with persistent petiolar remains); densely (grayish) puberulent. <b>Stems</b> simple from base (caudex branch), erect to ascending, unbranched distally, (0.1–)0.3–0.8 dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves not rosulate; petiole often undifferentiated, (expanded base to 2 mm); blade (somewhat fleshy), linear to linear-oblanceolate (when margins entire), or spatulate in outline (when apically 3–5-lobed, lobes obovate to oblong), 3–12(–15) cm × 5–15 mm, margins entire. <b>Cauline</b> leaves sessile; similar to basal, smaller, base not auriculate. <b>Racemes</b> slightly elongated in fruit; rachis puberulent, trichomes straight or curved, cylindrical. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels divaricate-ascending to subhorizontal, straight or slightly curved, (not winged), (2.5–)3–5(–6.5) × 04–0.5 mm, densely puberulent throughout. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals orbicular to broadly obovate, 1.5–2(–2.5) × 1–1.5(–2) mm; petals white to pale purple, suborbicular to obovate, 2–3.5 × 1.5–2.5(–2.8) mm, claw to 0.5 mm; stamens 6; filaments 1.5–1.8 mm, (glabrous); anthers 0.3–0.5 mm. <b>Fruits</b> ovate, 2.5–3.5(–4) × 2–2.5(–3) mm, apically winged, apical notch 0.05–0.2 mm deep; valves thin, smooth, not veined, glabrous; style 0.3–0.6 mm, exserted beyond apical notch. <b>Seeds</b> ovate, 1.2–1.5 × 0.9–1.1 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=White limestone outcrops and gravel, pinyon-juniper, sagebrush, or pine communities
|elevation=1700-2100 m
|distribution=Utah.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Lepidium ostleri</i> is known only from the San Francisco Mountains in Beaver County.</p>
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name=Lepidium ostleri
|authority=S. L. Welsh & Goodrich
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=White limestone outcrops and gravel, pinyon-juniper, sagebrush, or pine communities
|elevation=1700-2100 m
|distribution=Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Great Basin Naturalist
|publication year=1980
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae
|genus=Lepidium
|species=Lepidium ostleri
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