Rorippa schlechteri

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Rorippa schlechteri

Description

Annual to short-lived perennial with taproot, 15-50 cm high. Leaves indistinctly petiolate, auriculate, 1.5-15 by 0.9-3.5 cm, lyrato-pinnate with 1-3 pairs of oblong lateral lobes, 0.2-1.5 by 0.1-0.6 mm; Sepals oblong, 1.5-2 mm long. Petals yellow, spathulate, 1.7-2.5 mm long. Stamens 6; Ovary ellipsoid with c. 0.2 mm long style. Seeds red-brown, spheroid, 0.8-1 mm, minutely foveolate.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Papua New Guinea present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea.

Citation

VELDKAMP 1982 – In: Blumea: 166
O.E.SCHULZ 1936: p. 554. – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 17b: f. 337A