Citation: Medikus, Pfl.-Gatt. 1:85, 99 (1792).

Derivation: From the Latin capsula, a little box; in reference to the silicula.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annual herbs, pubescent with simple and branched hairs.

Sepals erect, non-saccate; petals clawed, sometimes absent; stamens 6; median glands absent.

Silicula dehiscent, keeled, notched; seeds in 2 rows, mucous; radicle incumbent.

Distribution:  5 temperate to subtropical species; 1 a cosmopolitan weed occurring in Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available