Family: Brassicaceae
Myagrum perfoliatum
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 2:640 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Musk weed.
Description:
Annual herb, 15-100 cm tall, erect, glabrous and glaucous; basal leaves oblanceolate, sagittate, pinnatifid to sinuate-dentate; cauline leaves oblong-lanceolate, stem clasping, denticulate to entire.
Sepals erect, c. 3 mm long; petals 3-5 mm long, yellow; stamens 6.
Silicula 6-8 mm long, c. 5 mm wide, 3-locular; upper 2 locules empty; lower locule with 1 pendulous seed; seed ovoid, c. 3 mm long.
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Image source: fig 219c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Parsons (1973) Noxious weeds of Victoria, figs 121-124.
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Distribution:
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Troublesome weed of agriculture.
S.Aust.: EP, NL, YP. Qld; Vic. Native to Europe; North Africa and western Asia.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: not known (no flowering specimen in AD).
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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:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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