Family: Brassicaceae
Euclidium syriacum
Citation:
R. Br. in W.T. Aiton, Hort. Kew. edn 2, 4:74 (1812).
Synonymy: Anastatica syriaca L., Sp. Pl. edn 2:895 (1763).
Common name: None
Description:
Herb, erect, branching, 15-70 cm tall, hairy; hairs simple and 2-fid; stems angular; lower leaves opposite, oblong-obovate to ovate, pinnatifid to dentate or entire; upper leaves alternate, oblanceolate, entire; all leaves petiolate.
Sepals c. 1 mm long, erect to spreading; petals c. 1 mm long, emarginate, white.
Silicula oblique-ovoid or globular, c. 3 mm long, .2-2.5 mm wide; style 1-2 mm long, persistent as a beak curving away from the stem; pedicels erect to appressed, thick, 1-2 mm long; seeds broad-elliptic, 1-2 mm long.
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Image source: fig 213g in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Hegi (1960) Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 4, 1:fig. 89.
Distribution:
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Rare, doubtfully established.
S.Aust.: YP. Native to Europe and Asia.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: not known.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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