| Diplotaxis | |
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| Diplotaxis muralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Diplotaxis DC. |
| Synonyms [1] | |
PendulinaWillk. | |
Diplotaxis (wall-rocket) is a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), native to Europe, the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia, Western Asia, the Himalayas, and northeastern tropical Africa; [1] the species diversity is highest in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and the Cape Verde archipelago. [2] They are annual or perennial plants, either herbaceous or sub-shrubby with a woody base. The flowers are yellow in most species, but are white in Diplotaxis erucoides and violet in Diplotaxis acris . [2] Some species, such as Diplotaxis tenuifolia and Diplotaxis muralis , have been historically used as leaf vegetables, are similar to Eruca sativa in their peppery flavour, and are used interchangeably with it. [3]
