Conringia orientalis (L.) Andrz.

  • 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

    Conringia orientalis (L.) Andrz.

  • Description

    Species Description - Erect annual to 8 dm; lvs pale, the lower narrowed to the base, the upper oval, elliptic, or oblong, broadly rounded above, cordate-clasping, entire; pet ochroleucous, narrowly obovate, 10–12 mm; pedicels and frs widely divergent, the former 1–1.5 cm, the latter 8–12 cm × 2–3 mm, 4-angled; 2n=14. Native of Eurasia, occasionally found as a weed in our range, and more common in nw. U.S.