Turritis glabra |
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tower mustard, tower rockcress |
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Habit | Plants pilose basally, glabrous and glaucous above. |
Stems | (3)4–12(15) dm. |
Basal leaves | spatulate, oblanceolate, or oblong; (4)5–12(15) × 1–3 cm. |
Cauline leaves | lanceolate, oblong-elliptic, or ovate, 2–9(12) × (0.5)1–2.5(4) cm. |
Inflorescences | fruiting pedicels erect, appressed to rachis; (6)7–16(20) mm, glabrous. |
Flowers | sepals (2.5)3–5 mm; petals 5–8.5 × 1.3–1.7 mm; styles 0.5–0.8(1) mm. |
Fruits | erect, appressed to rachis; (3)4–10(12.5) cm × 0.7–1.5 mm. |
Seeds | 0.6–1.2 × 0.5–0.9 mm. |
2n | =12, 16, 32. |
Turritis glabra |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Forest margins, fields, roadsides, riverbanks, disturbed sites, mountain slopes, woods, meadows. Flowering May–Aug. 0–2400 m. BR, BW, Casc, CR, ECas, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout most of Canada and US; Africa, Asia, Europe. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 521 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Arabis glabra, Arabis glabra var. glabra |
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