Sisymbrium irio

Annuals; glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Stems erect, branched proximally and distally, (1–)2–6(–7.5) dm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent at least basally. Basal leaves not rosulate; petiole (0.5–)1–4.5(–6) cm; blade oblanceolate or oblong (in outline), (1.5–)3–12(–15) cm × (5–)10–60(–90) mm, margins runcinate to pinnatisect; lobes (1–)2–6(–8) on each side, oblong or lanceolate, smaller than terminal lobe, margins entire, dentate, or lobed. Cauline leaves similar to basal; (distalmost) blade (smaller, to 2 cm wide), margins entire or 1–3-lobed. Fruiting pedicels divaricate or ascending, slender, much narrower than fruit, (5–)7–12(–20) mm. Flowers: sepals erect, oblong, 2–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm; petals oblong-oblanceolate, 2.5–3.5(–4) × 1–1.5 mm, claw 1–1.5 mm; filaments 2.5–4 mm; anthers ovate, 0.5–0.9 mm. Fruits (divaricate to ascending, young fruits overtopping flowers), narrowly linear, straight or slightly curved inward, slightly torulose, slender, (2.5–)3–4(–5) cm × 0.9–1.1 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 40–90 per ovary; style 0.2–0.5 mm; stigma prominently 2-lobed. Seeds 0.8–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm. 2n = 14.

Phenology: Flowering Dec–May.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, orchards, roadsides, fields, pastures, waste grounds, prairies, disturbed sites
Elevation: 0-1700 m

Introduced; Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Fla., Idaho, Mass., Mich., Nev., N.Mex., Ohio, Pa., Tex., Utah, Wyo., Europe, w, c Asia, n Africa, introduced also in South America, Australia.

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Lower Taxa