Lepidium coronopus (L.) Al- hehbaz / Heterotypic Synonyms: Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch., it is an annual or biennial, prostrate to ascending, glabrous, papillose herb, leafy, often dichotomously much branched, up to 10-20 (-30) cm long. Leaves l-2-pinnatisect to pinnatipartite with short oblong or linear segments. Racemes capitate, scarcely elongating. Flowers c. 2 mm across, whitish. Pedicels 1-2.5 mm long in fruit, thickened. Sepals c. 1.5 mm, ovate, obtuse, glabrous. Petals 1.5-2 mm long, oblong-obovate. Stamens 6, c. 1:1.5 mm. Siliculae (2-) 2.5-3 mm long, 3.5-4 mm broad, sub-reniform; strongly reticulated or verrucose; septum 2-2.5 x c. 1 mm; style less than 1 mm long (0.5 mm). Seeds 2-2.5 x c. 1.3 mm, brown.
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