Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Brassicales Bromhead
Family
Cruciferae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Carrichtera DC., Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 244 (1821)
 Description

Annual herbs. Hairs simple. Stems erect or ascending, leafy. Lvs 1–2-pinnatifid; lobes linear. Racemes ebracteate. Sepals erect, the inner weakly saccate. Petals pale yellow, with purple veins. Stamens 6, without appendages. Lateral nectaries 2, dumbell-shaped, behind single stamens; median nectaries 2, triangular, between bases of paired stamens. Style short; stigma capitate. Silicle oblong, dehiscent; valves distinctly 3-veined; beak flattened, tongue-like, seedless. Seeds flattened, ovoid to triangular, ridged on margin, 3 per locule.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Carrichtera DC.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle