Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb., Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 426 (1800)
 Description

Glabrous perennial herbs; roots fusiform. Stems erect, leafy. Lvs simple, crenate, serrate, or pinnatifid, usually variable on one plant. Infl. a terminal ebracteate panicle; lateral axillary racemes often present. Sepals erecto-patent, not saccate. Petals white. Stamens 6, without appendages. Lateral nectaries 4, beside bases of single stamens; median nectaries 2, between bases of paired stamens. Style short; stigma large, capitate or shallowly 2-lobed. Silicle ellipsoid or spherical, septate, dehiscent; valves convex with indistinct network of veins. Seeds ovoid, compressed, not winged, in 2 rows per locule.

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

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Gaertner, P.G.; Meyer, B.; Scherbius. J. 1800: Oekonomisch-Technische Flora der Wetterau . Edition 2. Guilhauman, Frankfurt.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.