Lepidium sativum L.

This species is native to Europe, extending to Central Asia, Himalaya and Arabian Peninsula; introduced and naturalised world wide. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There are 4 species of Lepidium found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Annual herb ; up to 60 cm tall , with fine taproot . Stems erect , branched above , glabrous or sparsely pilose . Leaves with lower leaves 4–10×2–3 cm , pinnate to lyrate-pinnate , short-lived ; upper leaves linear . Inflorescences in 20–30-flowered branched racemes . Flowers white or pink , 2-3 mm ; sepals not saccate ; petals 2–3 mm ; stamens 6 . Fruit silicula , 4–6×4–5 mm long , elliptic to suborbicular , narrowly winged and notched at the apex , stigma protruding in the notch but not exceeding the wings . Seeds 2–3 mm long , wingless , reddish brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Not Evaluated (NE)

الوفرة


Not Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Cardamon sativum (L.) Fourr.
Lepia sativa (L.) Desv.
Nasturtium sativum (L.) Moench
Thlaspi sativum (L.) Crantz
Thlaspidium sativum (L.) Spach

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Common Cress
Garden Cress
Gardencress Pepperweed

الأسماء المحلية


rashadi (Musandam)

الاستخدامات


Not used traditionally.

المراجع


*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387.*https://en.wikipedia.org *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Patzelt, A., Harrison, T., Knees, S.G. & Hartley, L.A. (2014). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXI. New records from the Sultanate of Oman Edinburgh Journal of Botany 71: 161-180. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

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