Species: Moricandia arvensis

Family: Brassicaceae  
Genus:  Moricandia
Species description: Short-lived perennial up to 65 cm, with brached stems. Lower leaves obovate, reprand-crenate, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base; upper cauline leaves cordate, entire, widened and amplexicaul at the base, more or less acute. Raceme with 10-20 large, showy flowers, becoming lax. Petals c.20 mm, violet-purple. Siliqua 3-8 cm x 2-3 mm, compressed, 4-angled. Seeds c. 1 mm, biseriate, brown.

Field Notes:

Habitat: Calcicole

Distribution: Mediterranean region. Bl Co Gr Hs It Si

Found: S.Spain: E.Sierra Nevada

Date: 24-May-93

Flora Europea:1-334

Literatuur:

Notes: (Cruciferae)

Pictures: A.Voswinkel, The Netherlands

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