Citation: DC., Reg. Veg. Syst. Nat. 2:174 (1821) subsp. bicornis (Sibth. & Smith)Ball in Heyw., Reprium nov. Spec. Regni. veg. 68:194 (1963).

Synonymy: Cheiranthus bicornis Sibth. & Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 2:26 (1813); M. bicornis (Sibth. & Smith) DC., Reg. Veg. Syst. Nat. 2:177 (1821).

Common name: Two-horned stock, night-scented stock.

Description:
Annual or biennial, to 50 cm tall, tomentose with stellate and glandular hairs; leaves sinuate-dentate to pinnatifid below, reducing to entire above.

Sepals 8-12 mm long; petals 15-25 mm long, pink to purple; stigma lobes with conspicuous dorsal processes, 2-10 mm long.

Siliqua linear, 5-15 cm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, cylindrical, hairy; seeds ovoid, winged.

Distribution:  An occasional garden escape.   Vic.   Native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: most of the year.

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

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