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Bayer Code : dipca
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Sisymbrium catholicam L.
Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: Diplotaxis catholica
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Allgemeiner Doppelsame ; ES : amargo amarillo ; FR : diplotaxis catholique ; IT : ruchetta ; PT : grizandra ; EN
Biological type: Annual
-Cotyledons ovate -rectangular, or almost cordate, emarginate at top, subtruncated at base and glabrous.
-Leaves alternate, the primary obovate -lanceolate with dentate margin, the rest pinnatisect glabrous.
-Height : 5-90 cm.
-Stem glabrous or hairy deflexed at the base, simple or ramose.
-Leaves basilar generally pinnatisect or bipinnatisect with dentate divisions, lobed or laciniate, glabrous or weakly ciliate. Flowers with green sepals and yellow petals in a raceme with spread-out pedicels.
-Fruits : flattened siliqua with two rows of seeds within each loculus.
- Biological type: Annual.
Mistake with: Diplotaxis muralis
Ecological profile (click on flags): Present Present