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Annual to subshrub
Leaves generally basal and cauline, alternate, generally simple; stipules 0
Inflorescence: generally raceme
Flower bisexual; sepals 4, free; petals (0)4, free, generally white or yellow, often clawed; stamens generally (2,4)6, generally 4 long, 2 short; ovary 1, superior, chambers generally 2, septum membranous, connecting 2 parietal placentas, style 1, stigma simple or 2-lobed
Fruit: generally capsule ("silique") with 2 deciduous valves, sometimes breaking transversely or indehiscent
Seeds 1many per chamber
Genera in family: 300+ genera, 3000+ species: worldwide, especially cool regions; some cultivated for food (especially Brassica, Raphanus ) and ornamental
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Capparaceae [Rodman et al. 1993 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 80:686699; Rollins 1993 Cruciferae of Continental North America. Stanford Univ Press]
Family description, key to genera by Robert A. Price.ERYSIMUM
WALLFLOWER
Robert A. Price
Annual to subshrub; hairs appressed, forked to many-branched
Leaves in basal rosettes and cauline, simple, entire to lobed
Flower: petals clawed, generally cream to orange; stigma 2-lobed
Fruit narrow, round, 4-sided, or ± flattened (generally parallel to septum); style 0.25 mm
Seeds 12 rows per chamber, 14 mm, often ± winged
Species in genus: 160+ species: temp n hemisphere, especially Eurasia
Etymology: (Greek: to help, from medicinal uses)
Reference: [Rossbach 1958 Madroño 14:261267]
Incl Cheiranthus ; native CA taxa all related to E. capitatum.
Introduced E. cheiranthoides L.
WORMSEED MUSTARD
Annual (biennial)
Stem 5100 cm
Leaves: basal ± 210 cm, oblong-lanceolate, entire to shallowly toothed; hairs generally 3(24)-branched
Flower: petals 26 mm, light yellow
Fruit ascending, generally 14 cm, 11.5 mm wide, ± round; pedicel 1/31/2 fruit length, < fruit width; style 0.31 mm
Seed 0.81.3 mm, 0.50.7 mm wide; wing 0
Chromosomes: n=8
Ecology: Uncommon. Disturbed areas
Elevation: 02500 m.
Bioregional distribution: Sierra Nevada, Great Central Valley, expected elsewhere
Distribution outside California: to e N.America, circumboreal; native to Eurasia, possibly w N.America
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