Diplotaxis erucoides
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Diplotaxis erucoides flowers and fruits | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Diplotaxis |
Species: | D. erucoides
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Binomial name | |
Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC.
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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
[edit]Diplotaxis erucoides is an herbaceous plant up to 20–60 centimetres (8–23+1⁄2 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]
References
[edit]- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ NRCS. "Diplotaxis erucoides". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ a b Pignatti, Sandro (1982). Flora d'Italia (in Italian). Vol. 1. p. 466. ISBN 9788850624492.
- ^ Salvai, Giuliano (2008). "Diplotaxis erucoides". Actaplantarum. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.