Erucastrum
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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
Brassicaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Genus Description - Sep erect to spreading, somewhat cucullate at the tip; pet yellow, spatulate; each pair of long stamens subtended by a short, pyramidal gland; a short gland between the ovary and each short stamen; ovary cylindric; ovules numerous; style very short; stigma capitate; fr elongate, 4-angled, conspicuously beaked, the valves sharply 1-nerved; seeds ovoid or oblong, in 1 row in each locule; herbs with pinnatifid lvs, the pubescence of simple hairs or none. 17, mainly Mediterranean.