Resedaceae
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Resedaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Family Description - Fls hypogynous, perfect, irregular and with an evident gynophore or androgynophore; sep 4–8, sometimes unequal; pet mostly 4–8, valvate, distinct, unequal, the innermost one the largest and usually conspicuously fringed-appendiculate on the upper part of the back; stamens 3–50+; carpels (2)3–6(7), ordinarily united to form a superior, compound, unilocular ovary that is open at the top and has small, sessile, well separated stigmas around the rim, the ovules borne on parietal placentas; fr usually a gaping capsule; seeds mostly reniform, with little or no endosperm; mostly herbs, producing mustard oil; lvs alternate, entire to deeply pinnatifid; fls small, in elongating racemes or spikes. 6/70.
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Common Names
The mignonette family