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Bayer Code : dipmu
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Diplotaxis scaposa DC.
Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: annual wall-rocket
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Mauer-Doppelsame ; ES : jaramago blanco ; FR : roquette des murailles ; IT : ruchetta dei muri ; PT : ; EN : annual wall-rocket ;
Biological type: Annual, Biennial
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- Cotyledons lengthened spoon-like.
- Leaves entire, ovate or deltoid, irregularly toothed.
- Height: 20-50cm.
- Stem ascending, downy in the upper part almost leafless.
- Leaves: lower in rosette ; green-yellowish, oblong, narrowed into a stalk at the base, deeply sinuate -toothed or pinnatifid with 2 lateral lobes sinuate-dentate and the terminal longest.
- Flowers bright-yellow, scenting, becoming later tawny- brown or somewhat reddish, rounded and obovate petals.
- Fruits : linear siliquae (30-40 x 2 mm).
- Plant with unpleasant scent.
- Biological type: Annual or biennial
Mistake with: Diplotaxis catholica
Ecological profile (click on flags): Rare Present Present Present