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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Sisymbrium L., Sp. Pl. 657-660 (1753)
Description
Annual or perennial taprooted herbs. Hairs simple or 0. Stems erect or decumbent, leafy. Lvs pinnatifid or pinnate, often with large hastate terminal and deflexed lateral lobes; upper stem lvs sometimes not lobed. Racemes bracteate or ebracteate. Sepals erecto-patent, not saccate. Petals yellow, sometimes white. Stamens 6, without appendages. Lateral nectaries 4, median 2, often all joined into a ring. Style short; stigma capitate or weakly 2-lobed. Silique narrow-lanceolate to linear, dehiscent; valves usually with prominent midrib and 2 weaker lateral veins; beak 0 or very short, seedless. Seeds ovoid to oblong, not winged, in 1 row per locule.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 4 |
| Exotic: Casual | 2 |
| Total | 6 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
