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Published In: Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 23(2): 54. 1944. (14 Feb 1944) (Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser.)

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Cardamine jejuna Standley & Steyermark, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 54. 1944. Holotype: Guatemala, J. Steyermark 50569 (holotype, F!).

Herbs, annual, sometimes scapose. Stems 5–10 cm, erect, simple, leafless or 1-leaved, glabrous throughout. Basal leaves 1.5–3 cm, rosulate, pinnately compound, petiolate; terminal lobe 3–6 ´ 3–6 mm, suborbicular to broadly ovate, obscurely 3-lobed and the lobes mucronate, glabrous or sparsely hirsute adaxially with whitish flattened trichomes, base truncate to rounded, margin entire, apex obtuse to rounded, long petiolulate; lateral lobes 1 or 2 each side of midvein, short petiolulate, similar to terminal one. Raceme ebracteate, 3–5-flowered, lax; fruiting pedicels 1–1.5 cm, erect, slender. Sepals 1.5–2 ´ ca. 0.7 mm, oblong; petals 3–4 ´ 1–2 mm, white, obovate; filaments 2–2.5 mm; anthers ca. 0.5 mm; ovules ca. 14 per ovary. Fruits 2–2.5 cm ´ 0.7–1 mm; style ca. 1.5 mm. Seeds ca. 1.5 ´ 0.6 mm, oblong.