Flora of Victoria

Annual or perennial herb to 60 cm high; stems erect, not papillose or hairy. Basal leaves pinnately lobed or toothed; stem leaves lanceolate to narrowly linear, 1–9 cm long, 1–15 mm wide, toothed or entire, margins and midrib glabrous or with stout, needle-like or conical hairs. Inflorescence an elongating raceme. Sepals c. 0.8 mm long; petals up to 0.8 mm long or absent; stamens 2; stigma subsessile to sessile. Fruit elliptic to ovate, 3–5 mm long, 2–2.5 mm wide, without hairs, wings narrow, forming shallow apical notch; pedicles 4–8 mm long, usually glabrous (occasionally with scattered hairs on upper surface of some pedicels), terete. Flowers mostly spring–autumn.

Brid, CVU, EGL, GipP, Gold, LoM, MuF, MuM, MSB, NIS, OtP, RobP, VRiv, VVP, Wim. Also WA, SA, Qld, NSW. Uncommon plant, most recent reports from heavy soils of the Murray River floodplain in the far north-west, near Ararat, and banks of the Yarra River in suburban Melbourne.

Although Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium typically has glabrous pedicels, some specimens from Victoria have a few scattered hairs on some pedicels.

Source: Entwisle, T.J. (1996). Brassicaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2019-11-18

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Rosanae

order Brassicales

family Brassicaceae

genus Lepidium

Higher taxa

species Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium Hewson

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Bridgewater	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Murray Scroll Belt	present	native
Robinvale Plains	present	native
Murray Fans	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria