Brassicaceae |
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Cardaria DESV. |
C. draba (L.) Desv. in J. Bot. Appl. 3: 163 (1814). Syn: Lepidium draba L., Sp. PI. 645 (1753). I?: Ross-Craig, Draw. Brit. PL, 3: 65 (1949). Perennial 20-60 cm, flowering stems several, much branched in inflorescence region. Basal leaves obovate-spathulate, petiolate, sinuately toothed. Cauline leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, amplexicaul, auricled or not, toothed or entire. Inflorescence a tight corymbose panicle, scarcely elongating in fruit. Petals 3.5-4 x 1-2 mm, white or pale yellow, obovate-spathulate. Stamens 6. Fruiting pedicels erect, ascending, 5-15 mm. Fruit ovate to cordate, 4-5 x 3.5-4.5 mm, septum thick, 4-5 x 3 mm; style 1-2 mm; usually 2-seeded, rarely 1-seeded and then an irregularly shaped fruit. Seeds 2-coated, mucilaginous. Although some of the many facets of C. draba (L.) Desv. are often recognised as separate species, there is little justification for this. Two subspecies, however, can usually be recognised in the fruiting stage. 1. Fruit cordate at base; leaves always auriculate at base subsp. draba 1. Fruit truncate or rounded at base; leaves auriculate or exauriculate subsp. chalepensis subsp. chalepensis (L.) O. E. Schulz, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 17b: 417 (1936). Figure 10, p. 251. Syn: Lepidium chalepensis L., Cent. PI. 2 (1756); L. propinquum Fisch. & Meyer in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 378 (1838); L. boissieri Busch in FL URSS, 8: 651 (1939). Fl. 4-5. Cultivated land, 900-2000 m. Described from Syria. Aleppo (Hb. Linn. 824/20 photo.!). Widespread east of 29° E. A7 Gümüşane: Mavrangeli (6 km SSE of Gümüşane) Sint. 1894: 5612! A8 Erzurum: Pasinler to Horasan, 1800 m, D. 29445! A9 Kars: Susuz, İ750 m, D. 30651! B4 Ankara: Ankara, Frères des E.C. 1907: 243! B6 Maraş: Göksun, 1400 m, D. 19923! B9 Van: Çatak, Görentaş, 2000 m, D. 23168! C2 Burdur: Fethiye to Dirmil, 1100 m, Hub.-Mor. 5648. C4 Konya: Konya to Çumra, 980 m, Helbaek 2481! C5 Içel: Akarca, 25 km WNW of Mersin, It. Leyd. 1959: 1129! S.W. Asia. Although there is no clear-cut geographic distribution for the two subspecies recognised, there is a tendency for the type subspecies to be Mediterranean in distribution whereas the other is Irano-Turanian. The pattern is probably blurred because both subspecies are rapidly spreading weeds of cultivated land and the wild distribution is uncertain. |