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Bayer Code : rasru

Scientific name: Rapistrum rugosum (L.)All.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: rastard cabbage

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Runzliger Rapsdotter ; ES : jaramago ; FR : rapistre rugueux ; IT : miagro peloso ; PT : aneixa ; EN : rastard cabbage ;

Biological type: Annual, Biennial

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons cordate at tip.

- Leaves divided.

Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 30-60 cm. Plant hairy with a root -tap.

- Stem erect, branched near the base, hairy at base and glabrous in the upper part.

- Leaves lower stalked and pinnatifid. Upper leaves sessile, lanceolate and toothed.

- Flowers pale-yellow; sepals erect. Fruiting raceme lengthened and tapered.

- Fruit : silicule coriaceous, indehiscent, 2 different parts: the lower joint ovoid, cylindrical, seedless or 1-seeded and the upper globose, 1-seeded, abruptly contracted into a beak 1-3 mm.

- Biological type: annual or biennial.

Mistake with: Calepina irregularis , Hirschfeldia incana , Sinapis arvensis

Ecological profile (click on flags): Germany   Rare     Spain  Present     France  Present     Italy  Present     Portugal  Present    

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