Brassicaceae

Lepidium sativum

Lepidium L. Lepidium sativum L. subsp. sativum L. Ömür: Tek yıllık Yapı: otsu Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 4 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Habitat: boş alan, ekili alan Minimum yükseklik: -1 Maksimum yükseklik: -1 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: Trakya, K., G. ve D. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Dünyada Yaygın Bulunduğu kareler:A2 A4 B1 B6 B8 C6 C7

L. sativum L., Sp. PL 644 (1753).   Annual with a single, erect stem 20-50 cm, branched in region of inflorescence, glabrous or pilose. Basal leaves lyrate-pinnate, long-petiolate, soon withering. Cauline leaves 1 or 2 x pinnate, less incised than basal, with oblong-linear segments; uppermost, linear, entire. Flowering branches from the lower leaf axils up to the top of stem. Petals white or lilac, 2-3 *1 mm, oblong-spathulate. Fruiting pedicels ascending, 2-3.5 mm. Siliculae broadly elliptical or orbicular-ovate, 5-6 x 4-5 mm, distinctly emarginate. A much cultivated species with an uncertain wild distribution. Two easily recognisable subspecies occur in Turkey: 1. Axes of fruiting racemes not ending in a spiny point; pedicels of fruiting racemes c. 1/2 length of fruit; style not exceeding apical sinus subsp. sativum 1. Axes of fruiting racemes ending in a spiny point; pedicels of fruiting racemes less than 1/2 length of fruit; style exceeding apical sinus subsp. spinosum subsp. sativum. Figure 10, p. 251. Ic.: Madalski, Fl. Pol. Ic. 9(1): t. 1039a(1963). Fl. 4-6. Waste and cultivated places. Provenance not given (Hb. Linn. 824/11!).   Scattered, often cultivated. A2(E) Istanbul: Flamur (Ihlamur), 21 vi 1893, Azn.! A2(A) Istanbul: nr. Erenköy, 9 v 1892, Azn.! A4 Zonguldak: Zonguldak, Dijkstra! B6 Seyhan: Hadjin (Saimbeyli), Post 552! C6 Hatay: Antakya, D. 27235! C7 Urfa: Siverek, 800 m, D. 28292!   Cultivated throughout most of the world as a salad plant (cress).