Bunias orientalis |
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Turkish rocket, Turkish warty-cabbage |
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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 |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Roadsides, fields, pastures, meadows, disturbed areas, waste places |
Distribution |
MA; MI; NY; OH; PA; BC; NB; NS; QC; Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America] |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 445. |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 670. (1753) |
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