• Source: Diplotaxis erucoides

Diplotaxis erucoides, the white rocket or white wallrocket, is a species of annual herb of the family Brassicaceae native to West Mediterranean.




Description


Diplotaxis erucoides is an herbaceous plant up to 20–60 centimetres (8–23+1⁄2 in) tall, with green, erect stem, sparsely pubescent, and pinnatisect leaves up to 15 cm long. It has racemes of white flowers with four 6–8 mm petals, four sepals, six stamens and a style with green stigma. The fruit is a 25–33 mm siliqua containing 40–80 seeds in two parallel series.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Diplotaxis erucoides
• Diplotaxis (plant)
• Eruca vesicaria
• Flora of Malta
• Wild edible plants of Israel and Palestine
• List of native plants of Flora Palaestina (C–D)