Flora of North America species comparison

erect, 2–7(–10) dm, glabrescent or sparsely pubescent basally.

blade elliptic to obovate, 2–15 cm × 10–60(–80) mm, margins sinuate to deeply pinnatifid, (2–5 lobes each side).

petiolate;

similar to basal, (distal cauline shortly petiolate, blade similar, with narrower segments), surfaces usually glabrescent.

petiolate or sessile;

blade base auriculate or not, margins entire, dentate, serrate, or pinnately lobed.

usually ebracteate, often elongated in fruit.

sepals 4–6 mm, glabrous or pubescent, trichomes straight;

petals yellow, 7–11(–13) × 5–8 mm, (apex rounded);

filaments 4–8 mm;

anthers 2.5–3 mm;

gynophore 0.5–3 mm.

actinomorphic;

sepals erect, ascending, or spreading, lateral pair saccate or not basally;

petals white, cream, yellow, pink, lilac, lavender, or purple, claw present, often distinct;

filaments unappendaged, not winged;

pollen 3-colpate.

8–35 mm.

usually erect, rarely ascending, (somewhat torulose, slightly compressed), 2–5 cm × 1.5–2.5 mm;

terminal segment (stout), beaklike, 1.5–3 mm, seedless; (ovules 20–32(–46) per ovary).

silicles or siliques, dehiscent or indehiscent, usually segmented, usually latiseptate or terete (subterete or 4-angled in Erucastrum) [angustiseptate];

ovules (1–)2–276[–numerous] per ovary;

style usually distinct (absent in Cakile, obscure in Carrichtera, obsolete in Eruca);

stigma entire or strongly 2-lobed (sometimes slightly 2-lobed in Cakile).

1–1.3 × 0.6–0.9 mm.

biseriate, uniseriate, or aseriate;

cotyledons usually conduplicate, rarely accumbent or incumbent (in Cakile).

absent or simple.

= 22.