Comparison Chart for Species of Lepidium

Character

Lepidium appelianum

Lepidium chalepensis

Lepidium draba

Lepidium latifolium

Lepidium nitidum

Lepidium strictum

Lepidium virginicum

fruit

globose,
hairy,

not apically notched

disk-shaped, glabrous, not apically notched

cordate to broadly ovate,
glabrous,
strongly reticulately-veined,
not apically notched

disk-shaped,
glabrous or
hairy,
not apically notched, stigma almost sessile

disk-shaped to elliptic,
glabrous,

shiny,
apically notched, margins curled

disk-shaped to ovate,
glabrous,

strongly reticulately-veined,
apically notched

disk-shaped to elliptic,
glabrous,

apically notched

seed

dull,
granular,
no flat side,
cross-section
oblong,
not winged

dull,
granular,
no flat side,
cross-section
ovate,
not winged

dull,
granular,
no flat side,
cross-section
ovate to trilobal,
not winged

shiny,
granular,
no flat side,
cross-section
ovate to trilobal,
not winged

dull,
striate,

flat sided,
cross-section
± oblong,
not winged

shiny,
papillate,
flat sided,
cross-section
triangular,
margin winged

shiny,
papillate,
flat sided,
cross-section
triangular,
margin winged