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|accepted_name=Tropidocarpum gracile
|accepted_authority=Hooker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Icon. Pl.
|place=1: plate 43. 1836
|year=1836
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tropidocarpum dubium
|authority=Davidson
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tropidocarpum gracile var. dubium
|authority=(Davidson) Jepson
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tropidocarpum gracile var. scabriusculum
|authority=(Hooker) Greene
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tropidocarpum macrocarpum
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tropidocarpum scabriusculum
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Descurainieae;Tropidocarpum;Tropidocarpum gracile
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Descurainieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tropidocarpum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tropidocarpum gracile]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 531
|treatment_page=page 532
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>sparsely to densely hirsute basally, trichomes simple, to 1.5 mm, these mixed with fewer, forked, stalked ones, sparsely pubescent distally. <b>Stems</b> usually ascending, prostrate, or decumbent, rarely erect, (0.4–)1–4.5(–6) dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves: petiole (0.3–)1–2.5(–3.5) cm; blade (1.5–)2.5–10(–15) cm, margins pinnatifid to pinnatisect; lobes 3–8(–12) on each side, ovate, oblong, or linear, (0.1–)0.6–2(–3) cm × (0.5–)1–3(–6) mm, shorter than terminal, margins entire, dentate, or pinnatifid. <b>Cauline</b> leaves: (proximal) petiolate or (distal and bracts) sessile; blade similar to basal, smaller and less divided distally. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels erect to ascending, straight, (4–)6–17(–35) mm, pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 2.5–4 × 0.7–1.5 mm, glabrous or pubescent; petals obovate to spatulate, 3–6 × 1.5–4 mm, not clawed; filaments 2.5–4 mm; anthers 0.5–0.6 mm. <b>Fruits</b> narrowly linear, (25–)30–60(–70) × 1.5–2(–3) mm, length 13–46 times width; valves 2, thin-leathery, smooth, usually pubescent or puberulent, rarely glabrescent, trichomes simple, retrorse; septum incomplete or absent; ovules 30–70 per ovary; style (0.3–)0.8–2.5(–4) mm. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, 1.2–1.6 × 0.7–1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Roadsides, fields, hillsides, grassy pastures, sandy washes, sage scrub, chaparral, ravines, beaches, gravel flats
|elevation=0-1200 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p><i>Tropidocarpum gracile</i> is known from central and coastal to southernmost California.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Tropidocarpum gracile
|authority=Hooker
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Tropidocarpum dubium;Tropidocarpum gracile var. dubium;Tropidocarpum gracile var. scabriusculum;Tropidocarpum macrocarpum;Tropidocarpum scabriusculum
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Roadsides, fields, hillsides, grassy pastures, sandy washes, sage scrub, chaparral, ravines, beaches, gravel flats
|elevation=0-1200 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Icon. Pl.
|publication year=1836
|special status=Weedy;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_841.xml
|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Descurainieae
|genus=Tropidocarpum
|species=Tropidocarpum gracile
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