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|accepted_name=Matthiola incana
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) W. T. Aiton in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew.
|place=4: 119. 1812
|year=1812
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Cheiranthus incanus
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 662. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Anchonieae;Matthiola;Matthiola incana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Anchonieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Matthiola]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Matthiola incana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 254
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Biennials </b>or perennials, rarely annuals; usually densely tomentose. <b>Stems</b> erect, (1–) 2.5–6(–9) dm, (unbranched or branched distally), often tomentose. <b>Basal</b> leaves often in vegetative rosettes. <b>Cauline</b> leaves shortly petiolate or sessile; blade linear-oblanceolate, narrowly oblong, or lanceolate, (2.5–)4–16(–22) cm × (5–)8–18(–25) mm (smaller distally), base attenuate to cuneate, margins usually entire or repand, rarely sinuate. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels ascending, straight or slightly curved, (6–)10–20(–25) mm, thinner than fruit. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 10–15 × 2–3 mm; petals purple, violet, pink, or white, obovate to ovate, 20–30 × 7–15 mm, claw 10–17 mm (margin not crisped), apex rounded or emarginate; filaments 5–8 mm; anthers 3–4 mm. <b>Fruits</b> divaricate-ascending to suberect, latiseptate, (4–)6–12(–15) cm × (3–)4–6 mm; valves densely pubescent; style 1–5 mm; stigma without horns. <b>Seeds</b> orbicular or nearly so, 2.5–3.2 mm diam.; wing 0.2–0.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Ocean cliffs and bluffs, sandy areas near beaches, roadsides, abandoned gardens
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Calif.;Tex.;Europe;introduced also elsewhere in the New World;Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Matthiola incana</i> is widely cultivated worldwide for its attractive, highly scented flowers.</p>
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name=Matthiola incana
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) W. T. Aiton in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Cheiranthus incanus
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Ocean cliffs and bluffs, sandy areas near beaches, roadsides, abandoned gardens
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Calif.;Tex.;Europe;introduced also elsewhere in the New World;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew.
|publication year=1812
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_332.xml
|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Anchonieae
|genus=Matthiola
|species=Matthiola incana
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