Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.
Common Name : Lesser swine-cress
Family : Brassicaceae
HABIT |
AN ANNUAL HERB. |
STEMS |
REPENT, DECUMBENT, OR
ASCENDING, MULTIPLE FROM THE BASE, RADIATING FROM A CENTRAL POINT; GLABROUS,
TERETE, GREEN. |
LEAVES |
ALTERNATE, PETIOLATE, PINNATE, 4-5 CM LONG, 2 CM BROAD,
GLABROUS. DIVISIONS OF THE LEAVES OPPOSITE, LOBED OR DEVIDED AGAIN, ACUTE,
LINEAR-ELLIPTIC TO LINEAR OBLONG. |
FLOWERS |
INFLORESCENCE A SMALL RACEME,
UP TO 4 CM LONG, OPPOSITE TO ONE OF THE STEM LEAVES, COMPACT. FLOWERS MINUTE,
GREENISH. |
FRUITS |
GLABROUS, 3-4 MM BROAD, 2 MM
LONG, SLIGHTLY COMPRESSED, SUB-GLOBOSE, 2-SEEDED.
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