Alyssum desertorum
Alyssum desertorum
Dumanotu
Annual, stems up to 20 cm. Indumentum of sublepidote stellate hairs with many short rays. Racemes elongate and cylindrical. Pedicels suberect to spreading and horizontal, with strigose indumentum. Petals 2-3 x 0.5-1 mm, entire or emarginate, pale yellow. Fruits ovate to orbicular, emarginate, glabrous, 2.5-4 mm long and wide; valves equally inflated at the centre, with ± flattened margins. Style glabrous, 0.4-1 mm. Seeds narrowly winged.
1. Plant erect or decumbent; racemes elongate, 4-10 cm, many-fruited; leaves linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate var. desertorum
1. Plant prostrate, reduced; racemes condensed, 1-2 cm, few-fruited; leaves oblanceolate to spathulate var. prostratum
