. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 17. MUSTARD FAMILY. 2. Lepidium Draba L. Hoary Cress. Fig. 2038. Lepidium Draba L. Sp. PI. 645. 1753. Perennial, erect or ascending, io'-i8' high, hoary-pubescent, branched at the inflorescence. Leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, slightly dentate or entire, ii'-2' long, the lower petioled, the upper sessile and clasping; pedicels slender, ascendi
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 17. MUSTARD FAMILY. 2. Lepidium Draba L. Hoary Cress. Fig. 2038. Lepidium Draba L. Sp. PI. 645. 1753. Perennial, erect or ascending, io'-i8' high, hoary-pubescent, branched at the inflorescence. Leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, slightly dentate or entire, ii'-2' long, the lower petioled, the upper sessile and clasping; pedicels slender, ascending or spreading, 3"-6" long in fruit; flowers white, about i"-2" broad; pods very broadly ovate, or cordate, li" long, 2" broad, arranged in short corymbose racemes; valves dis- tinct, papillose, keeled, wingless, tipped witli a slender style i"-i" long. Waste grounds, Astoria and Syracuse, N. Y., Wash- ington, D. C, and on ballast about the seaports. Also from Colorado and Wyoming to California and British Columbia. Fugitive from Europe. Native also of Asia. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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