Cardamine keysseri

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Cardamine keysseri

Description

Annual to probably short-lived perennial herb with 10-40 cm high, ascending main stem, basally prostrate and rooting at nodes, from which one to several new stems may arise. Leaves glabrous or with a few scattered hairs, imparipinnate with 2-4 pairs of lateral leaflets; Sepals green to reddish with hyaline margins, oblong, 2.5-3.5 by c. 1.2 mm. Petals white, spathulate, obtuse or emarginate, 2-3 times longer than sepals, 7-8 mm long, ± half as broad. Stamens 6 of nearly equal length with subulate filaments; Ovary bottle-shaped, with short distinct style and slightly expanded stigma. 5/7/-quae straight, linear, 20-38 by 1-2 mm; Seeds red-brown, elliptic in outline, 1.4-1.8 by 1.2-1.4 mm, smooth.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present
Malesia: New Guinea (throughout), rather widespread.

Citation

P.ROYEN 1982: p. 2025. – In: Mt. Fl. New Guinea: f. 617, pl. 156