Hesperis matronalis |
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dame's-rocket, dames'-violet, mother-of-the-evening, rocket, sweet rocket |
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Stems | unbranched basally, often branched distally, 4–8(–11) dm, often eglandular, glabrous distally. |
Basal leaves | withered by flowering, long-petiolate. |
Cauline leaves | short-petiolate; blade narrowly oblong, lanceolate, or broadly ovate, (2–)4–15(–20) cm × (4–)8–40(–60) mm, base cuneate, margins denticulate or entire, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces pubescent. |
Flowers | sepals 5–8 × 1.5–2 mm; petals (13–)15–20(–22) × 3.5–9 mm, claw 6–12 mm; filaments 2.5–6 mm; anthers 2.5–4 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | (5–)7–17(–25) mm. |
Fruits | (4–)6–10(–14) cm × 2–2.5 mm. |
Seeds | (2.5–)3–4 × 1–1.5 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
Hesperis matronalis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Gardens, roadsides, oak glades, waste areas, bluffs, floodplains, abandoned fields, railroad embankments, thickets, woodland |
Elevation | 0-2200 m (0-7200 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NV; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; SD; TN; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK; se Europe; c Asia; sw Asia; n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Argentina, Chile)]
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 562. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Hesperideae > Hesperis |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 663. (1753) |
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