Hesperis matronalis

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 663. 1753.

Common names: Dame’s-rocket rocket dame’s-violet
WeedyIntroducedIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 562.

Stems unbranched basally, often branched distally, 4–8(–11) dm, often eglandular, glabrous distally. Basal leaves withered by flowering, long-petiolate. Cauline leaves short-petiolate; blade narrowly oblong, lanceolate, or broadly ovate, (2–)4–15(–20) cm × (4–)8–40(–60) mm, base cuneate, margins denticulate or entire, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces pubescent. Fruiting pedicels (5–)7–17(–25) mm. Flowers: sepals 5–8 × 1.5–2 mm; petals (13–)15–20(–22) × 3.5–9 mm, claw 6–12 mm; filaments 2.5–6 mm; anthers 2.5–4 mm. Fruits (4–)6–10(–14) cm × 2–2.5 mm. Seeds (2.5–)3–4 × 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Gardens, roadsides, oak glades, waste areas, bluffs, floodplains, abandoned fields, railroad embankments, thickets, woodland
Elevation: 0-2200 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Tenn., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., se Europe, c, sw Asia, n Africa, introduced also in South America (Argentina, Chile).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +
Linnaeus +
Dame’s-rocket +, rocket +  and dame’s-violet +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +, se Europe +, c +, sw Asia +, n Africa +, introduced also in South America (Argentina +  and Chile). +
0-2200 m +
Gardens, roadsides, oak glades, waste areas, bluffs, floodplains, abandoned fields, railroad embankments, thickets, woodland +
Flowering Apr–Jul. +
Weedy +, Introduced +  and Illustrated +
Cruciferae +
Hesperis matronalis +
Hesperis +
species +