Family: Brassicaceae
Matthiola incana
Citation:
R. Br. in W.T. Aiton, Hort. Kew. edn 2, 2:119 (1812).
Synonymy: Cheiranthus incanus L., Sp. Pl. 662 (1753).
Common name: Common stock, gilliflower.
Description:
Perennial herb, stout, woody at the base, 10-80 cm tall, densely tomentose with stellate and glandular hairs; leaves linear-lanceolate, mostly entire, petiolate below to subsessile above.
Sepals 9-13 mm long; petals 20-30 mm long, purple, pink or white; stigma lobes with dorsal processes to 3 mm long.
Siliqua linear, 4.5-16 mm long 3-5 mm wide; valves compressed; seeds ovoid, 2.5-3 mm long, winged.
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Image source: fig 218h in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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An occasional garden escape.
S.Aust.: EP, YP, SL, KI, SE. W.Aust.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Sept. — April.
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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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