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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Lepidium appelianum
|accepted_authority=Al-Shehbaz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Novon
|place=12: 7. 2002
|year=2002
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Hymenophysa pubescens
|authority=C. A. Meyer
|rank=species
|publication_title=in C. F. Ledebour, Icon. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 20. 1830,
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cardaria pubescens
|authority=(C. A. Meyer) Jarmolenko
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cardaria pubescens var. elongata
|authority=Rollins
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae;Lepidium;Lepidium appelianum
|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 appelianum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 572, 581
|treatment_page=page 576
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Perennials; (rhizomatous); often densely hirsute. <b>Stems</b> simple or several from base, erect or ascending, branched distally, (1–)1.5–3.5(–5) dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves (often withered by anthesis); not rosulate; petiole 0.5–1.5 cm; blade obovate to oblanceolate, (1–)2–6(–7) cm × 3–20 mm, margins dentate to sinuate. <b>Cauline</b> leaves sessile; blade oblong or lanceolate, 1–5(–8) cm × (3–)5–15(–30) mm, base sagittate, margins dentate or subentire, (surfaces pubescent). <b>Racemes</b> (usually corymbose, rarely paniculate), rarely elongated in fruit; rachis pubescent, trichomes often curved. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels divaricate to ascending, straight or slightly curved, (terete), 3–9(–12) × 0.2–0.3 mm, pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals oblong, 1.4–2 × 0.7–1 mm; petals white, broadly obovate, (2.2–)2.8–4 × 1–3 mm, claw 1–1.4 mm; stamens 6; filaments 2–2.5 mm, (glabrous); anthers 0.4–0.5 mm. <b>Fruits</b> (indehiscent), globose or, rarely, subglobose, (2–)3–4.4(–5) mm diam., (inflated), apically not winged, apical notch absent; valves thin, smooth, not veined, densely puberulent; style 0.5–1.5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> (brown or dark brown), ovoid, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Sep.
|habitat=Roadsides, sagebrush communities, alkaline meadows, waste grounds, ditch and stream sides, fields, pastures
|elevation=400-2400 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Sask.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mich.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Oreg.;Pa.;Utah;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;c Asia;introduced also in South America;other parts of Asia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Lepidium appelianum</i> has become a noxious weed in most of its range in North America.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lepidium appelianum
|authority=Al-Shehbaz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cardaria pubescens;Cardaria pubescens var. elongata
|basionyms=Hymenophysa pubescens
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Sep.
|habitat=Roadsides, sagebrush communities, alkaline meadows, waste grounds, ditch and stream sides, fields, pastures
|elevation=400-2400 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Sask.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mich.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Oreg.;Pa.;Utah;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;c Asia;introduced also in South America;other parts of Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Novon
|publication year=2002
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_925.xml
|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae
|genus=Lepidium
|species=Lepidium appelianum
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