Erucastrum C. Presl (Q3641)

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Erucastrum is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Brassiceae
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Erucastrum C. Presl
Erucastrum is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Brassiceae

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    taxon/id/Erucastrum C. Presl
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    Erucastrum C. Presl
    Erucastrum
    C. Presl
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Stems erect or ascending, unbranched or branched.
    petiolate or sessile;
    basal rosulate or not, petiolate, blade margins dentate to lyrate-pinnatifid, [pinnatipartite];
    cauline shortly petiolate or sessile, blade (base not auriculate), similar to basal.
    Fruiting pedicels ascending to divaricate [spreading], slender.
    Flowers: sepals erect, oblong [linear], lateral pair not saccate basally;
    petals yellow or white, obovate to oblanceolate or oblong, gradually attenuated to short claw, (apex rounded);
    stamens tetradynamous;
    filaments not dilated basally;
    anthers oblong or linear, (base sagittate, apex obtuse);
    nectar glands distinct, median glands present.
    Fruits siliques, dehiscent, subsessile, segments 2, linear, often torulose, subterete or 4-angled;
    valves each with prominent midvein, glabrous;
    ovules 10–60 per ovary;
    stigmas capitate, entire or 2-lobed.
    Seeds uniseriate, plump, not winged, elliptic [oblong, ovoid];
    seed-coat (usually reticulate), slightly mucilaginous when wetted;