Lepidium aschersonii

Perennial herb to 30 cm high; stems erect, tangled, small branches spinescent, covered with spreading or deflexed hairs. Basal leaves pinnately lobed, to 12 cm long; stem leaves becoming smaller, lanceolate to narrowly tapering, toothed or entire, auriculate, hairy. Inflorescence a raceme terminated by a spine. Sepals c. 0.8 mm long; petals reduced, linear; stamens 2; stigma subsessile. Fruit ovate, elliptic or obovate, 3.5–4.5 mm long, 2.5–3 mm wide, glabrous, wings narrow, forming small apical notch; pedicels 2–4 mm long, hairy above, less so below. Flowers spring–autumn.