Citation: Crantz, Stirp. Austr. edn 1, fasc. 1:17 (1762).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annual herbs.

Sepals erect, equal; petals clawed; stamens 6; median glands absent.

Fruit a silicula, dehiscent; valves with a strong midrib vanishing above; seeds in 2 rows per locule, mucous; radicle incumbent or accumbent.

Distribution:  10 species from Europe to central Asia.

Biology: No text

Key to Species:

1. Silicula obovoid with a truncate to emarginate summit, 8 mm wide; valves thin, olive-green at maturity	C. alyssum 1.
1. Silicula obovoid with a rounded summit, 4-5 mm wide; valves hard, pale-yellow at maturity	C. sativa 2.

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