Diplotaxis

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Brassicaceae

• Scientific Name

  Diplotaxis DC.

• Description

  Genus Description - Sep erect or ascending, not saccate; pet yellow or white, gradually narrowed to the claw; short stamens subtended by a hemispheric or reniform gland; each pair of long stamens subtended by a short, prismatic gland; ovary linear, with many ovules; style scarcely differentiated; stigma capitate; fr linear, slender, somewhat compressed, shortly beaked, the valves with a prominent midnerve; seeds small, smooth, in 2 rows in each locule; herbs with usually toothed or pinnately lobed lvs and middle-sized fls; pubescence of simple hairs or none. 25, Europe, Mediterranean.