Diplotaxis erucoides

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Diplotaxis erucoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Diplotaxis
Species:
D. erucoides
Binomial name
Diplotaxis erucoides
(L.) DC.

Diplotaxis erucoides, the white rocket [1] or white wallrocket, [2] is a species of annual herb of the family Brassicaceae native to West Mediterranean. [3]

Description

Diplotaxis erucoides is an herbaceous plant up to 20–60 centimetres (8–23+12 in) tall, with green, erect stem, sparsely pubescent, and pinnatisect leaves up to 15 cm long. It has racemes of white flowers with four 6–8 mm petals, four sepals, six stamens and a style with green stigma. The fruit is a 25–33 mm siliqua containing 40–80 seeds in two parallel series. [3] [4]

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References

  1. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Diplotaxis erucoides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 Pignatti, Sandro (1982). Flora d'Italia (in Italian). Vol. 1. p. 466. ISBN   9788850624492.
  4. Salvai, Giuliano (2008). "Diplotaxis erucoides". Actaplantarum. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.