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Turkish rocket, Turkish warty-cabbage

Habit Biennials or perennials; sparsely to densely pilose.
Stems

usually branched distally, rarely basally, (2.5–)4–10(–15) dm.

Basal leaves

petiole (1–)2–10(–15) cm;

blade lanceolate, 10–45 cm, margins coarsely dentate or pinnatifid, lateral lobes oblong or lanceolate, (terminal lobe deltate or lanceolate, larger than lateral lobes).

Cauline leaves

(distalmost) blade lanceolate or sublinear.

Flowers

sepals spreading, 2.5–4 × 1–1.5 mm;

petals (4–)4.5–7(–8) × (2–)3–5 mm, claw (slender), 1–2 mm;

filaments 1.5–3.5 mm;

anthers 0.8–1 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate, straight, 1–2(–2.3) cm.

Fruits

ovoid, or, rarely, suboblong and slightly constricted at middle, terete, not winged, 1- or 2-loculed, (0.5–)0.6–0.7(–0.8) cm × 3–4(–5) mm, (gradually tapering to apex);

style obsolete or, rarely, to 1 mm.

Seeds

1 or 2 per fruit, 2–3.5 mm.

2n

= 14.

Bunias orientalis

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Roadsides, fields, pastures, meadows, disturbed areas, waste places
Distribution
from FNA
MA; MI; NY; OH; PA; BC; NB; NS; QC; Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 445.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Buniadeae > Bunias
Sibling taxa
B. erucago
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 670. (1753)
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