Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 666 (1753).

Synonymy: B. campestris L., Sp. Pl. 666 (1753).

Common name: Turnip, rape, white (or wild) turnip, rapeseed, bird rape.

Description:
Herb, annual or biennial, erect, to 1 m tall, hispid, taproot stout or tuberous; lower leaves pinnatifid, petiolate, hispid, reducing towards the apex.

Inflorescence a concave corymb; sepals spreading, 4-6 mm long, petals 6-11 mm long, bright-yellow.

Siliqua obliquely erect, 4-6.5 cm long, c. 3 mm wide, sessile, beak seedless, narrower than the stigma, one-quarter to one-half the valve length; seeds ovoid, 1.5-2 mm wide.

	Brassica rapa
Image source: fig 209b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Curtis (1975) Stud. Fl. Tas. edn 2, 1:figs 10, 11; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 319.

Distribution:  Weed of disturbed soils.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   Native to Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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