Flora of North America species comparison

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Brassicaceae tribe Lunarieae
Habit Biennials or, rarely, annuals [perennials]; eglandular.
Cauline leaves

petiolate or sessile;

blade base not auriculate, margins dentate.
Trichomes

simple.
Racemes

usually ebracteate, elongated in fruit.
Flowers

actinomorphic;

sepals erect, lateral pair strongly saccate basally;

petals usually purple, rarely lavender or white [violet], claw present, distinct;

filaments unappendaged, not winged;

pollen 3-colpate.
Fruits

silicles, dehiscent, unsegmented, latiseptate;

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style distinct;

stigma 2-lobed [entire].
Seeds

biseriate, (funicle adnate to septum);

cotyledons accumbent.

Brassicaceae tribe Lunarieae
Distribution
Europe [Introduced in North America]
Discussion

Genus 1, species 3 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Parent taxa Brassicaceae
Subordinate taxa
Name authority Dumortier: Fl. Belg., 119. (1827)
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 596. Treatment author: Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz.
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