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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Barbarea W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. (W.T. Aiton), ed. 2., 4, 109 (1812)
Description
Biennial, sometimes perennial, herbs with stout taproot and many lesser roots. Hairs simple, or 0. Stems erect, leafy. Lvs often glossy, glabrous or sparsely hairy; margins usually bluntly toothed; lower lvs lyrate-pinnate or pinnatifid; upper lvs becoming ± sessile, amplexicaul, either deeply pinnatifid or shallowly lobed to toothed. Racemes ebracteate, rarely bracteate. Sepals suberect, the inner saccate. Petals yellow. Stamens 6, without appendages. Lateral nectaries 2, crescent-shaped at base of single stamens; median nectaries 2, rod-shaped between paired stamens. Style short; stigma slightly 2-lobed. Silique linear, dehiscent; valves with strong median and weaker reticulate lateral veins; beak 0. Seeds ellipsoid, 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 |
| Total | 4 |
Bibliography
Aiton, W.T. 1812: Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 2nd edition. Vol. 4. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
