Thelypodium laciniatum (Hook.) Endl. ex Walp.
Cut-leaved Thelypody (cutleaf thelypody; many-flowered thelypody; thick-leaved thelypody; thick-leaved thelypody (var. laciniatum))
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Cut-leaved Thelypody (cutleaf thelypody; many-flowered thelypody; thick-leaved thelypody; thick-leaved thelypody (var. laciniatum))
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum
Species Information
General:
Biennial herb from a taproot; stems erect, 0.2-1.5 (2.1) m tall, usually freely branched, solid, glabrous and somewhat glaucous.
Leaves:
Basal and lower stem leaves lanceolate to deltoid-lanceolate, less often oblong to egg-shaped, (4) 6-24 (45) cm long, laciniate to pinnately lobed, long-stalked; stem leaves numerous, reduced upwards, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, often long-pointed, entire to toothed or laciniate, stalked, glabrous and somewhat glaucous.
Flowers:
Inflorescences densely flowered racemes, usually branched, slightly elongate in fruit; flower stalks horizontal to spreading, (1.5) 2.5-6.5 (15) mm long, straight or sometimes curved, stout, often flattened at base; calyces tubular to campanulate; petals white to purplish, 6-20 mm long, linear to narrowly spoon-shaped; sepals greenish-white to purplish, 3.5-7 mm long, slightly or not at all pouched at the base.
Fruits:
Siliques, widely spreading to ascending, 3-10 (12) cm long, about 1 mm thick, straight to strongly curved, very slightly flattened; beaks (0.5) 1-3 (4) mm long.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Thelypodium laciniatum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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| Elevation
(metres) |
77 | 77 | 77 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 6 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
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All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CWH(1) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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