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purple rocket, purple- or violet-rocket

Stems

3–8(–10) dm, striate.

Cauline leaves

(proximal) petiole (0.5–)1–4 cm, (narrowly to broadly winged), distal sessile;

blade lanceolate, ovate, elliptic, or oblong, (3–)4–12(–15) cm × (12–)20–55(–70) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, or (distalmost) minutely to coarsely auriculate, margins usually minutely to coarsely, regularly or irregularly, dentate or serrate, rarely subentire, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous or pubescent.

Flowers

sepals 3–6 × 1–1.5 mm, glabrous or subapically pilose;

petals 7–12(–14) × 1.5–2.5(–3) mm, attenuate to claw (claw 4–7 mm);

filaments 3–6 mm;

anthers 2–2.5 mm;

gynophore obsolete or to 1 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

straight or slightly curved upward, (2–)3–8(–9) mm (nearly as thick as fruit).

Fruits

usually divaricate to ascending, rarely erect, (1.5–)2–3.5(–4) cm × 1–1.5 mm;

style (1–)2–4 mm.

Seeds

1.2–1.5 × 0.7–1 mm.

Iodanthus pinnatifidus

Phenology Flowering late Apr-early Jul.
Habitat Shaded banks, thickets, wooded ravines, limestone or sandstone bluffs, bottomland woods, swamps, flood plains, creeks, streamsides
Elevation 50-300 m (200-1000 ft)
Distribution
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AL; AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MD; MN; MO; OH; OK; PA; TN; TX; WV
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 485.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Cardamineae > Iodanthus
Synonyms Hesperis pinnatifida, Arabis hesperidoides, Cheiranthus hesperidoides, I. hesperidoides, Thelypodium pinnatifidum
Name authority (Michaux) Steudel: Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 812. (1840)
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