OregonFlora: Raphanus sativus

	Raphanus sativus
	garden radish, wild radish
Habit	Plants with or without fleshy roots.
Stems	(1)4–13 dm.
Basal leaves	2–60 × 1–20 cm; margins lyrate; pinnatisect, or dentate; lateral lobes 1–12 on each side of midvein; to 10 × 5 cm; petioles 1–30 cm.
Cauline leaves	margins uppermost undivided, dentate, subsessile.
Inflorescences	fruiting pedicels divaricate to ascending, 5–40 mm.
Flowers	sepals 5.5–10 mm; petals 15–25 × 3–8 mm, pink, purple or white; claws to 1.4 cm; styles 1–4 cm.
Fruits	fusiform, lanceolate; ovoid, or cylindric, valvular segments 1–3.5 mm; seed-bearing distal segments (1)3–15(25) cm × (5)7–13(15) mm; corky, not ribbed; smooth or rarely slightly constricted, not breaking between seeds.
Seeds	2.5–4 mm.
2n	=18.

	Raphanus sativus
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Waste places, fields, gardens, roadsides, disturbed areas, orchards. Flowering Apr–Oct. 0–900 m. Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, scattered throughout eastern Canada and US; Africa, Asia, Europe. Exotic.
Source	Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 504 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Sibling taxa	R. raphanistrum
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Raphanus sativus

garden radish, wild radish

Habit

Plants with or without fleshy roots.

Stems

(1)4–13 dm.

Basal leaves

2–60 × 1–20 cm;

margins lyrate; pinnatisect, or dentate;

lateral lobes 1–12 on each side of midvein; to 10 × 5 cm;

petioles 1–30 cm.

Cauline leaves

margins uppermost undivided, dentate, subsessile.

Inflorescences

fruiting pedicels divaricate to ascending, 5–40 mm.

Flowers

sepals 5.5–10 mm;

petals 15–25 × 3–8 mm, pink, purple or white;

claws to 1.4 cm;

styles 1–4 cm.

Fruits

fusiform, lanceolate; ovoid, or cylindric, valvular segments 1–3.5 mm;

seed-bearing distal segments (1)3–15(25) cm × (5)7–13(15) mm; corky, not ribbed; smooth or rarely slightly constricted, not breaking between seeds.

Seeds

2.5–4 mm.

=18.

Raphanus sativus

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Waste places, fields, gardens, roadsides, disturbed areas, orchards. Flowering Apr–Oct. 0–900 m. Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, scattered throughout eastern Canada and US; Africa, Asia, Europe. Exotic.

Source

Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 504
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz

Sibling taxa

R. raphanistrum

Web links