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Bayer Code : dipca

Diplotaxis catholica (L.) A. P. de Candolle


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


Seedling snapshot Seedling:

-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.


Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

-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): Spain   Present     Portugal  Present    

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