Raphanus raphanistrum Linnaeus (Q3644)

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Raphanus raphanistrum is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Raphanus
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Raphanus raphanistrum Linnaeus
Raphanus raphanistrum is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Raphanus

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    taxon/id/Raphanus raphanistrum Linnaeus
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    Raphanus raphanistrum Linnaeus
    Raphanus raphanistrum
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Raphanus raphanistrum
    radis sauvage (French)
    wild radish (English)
    Wild-radish (English)
    jointed charlock or radish or wild-radish (English)
    Flowering May–Jul.
    waste places
    cultivated fields
    roadsides
    orchards
    hill slopes
    Greenland
    St. Pierre and Miquelon
    Europe
    also in Mexico
    Central America
    South America
    Africa
    Atlantic Islands
    Australia
    sparsely to densely pubescent.
    Stems usually simple from base, (2–) 3–8 dm, (retrorsely hispid).
    Basal leaves: petiole 1–6 cm;
    blade oblong, obovate, or oblanceolate in outline, lyrate or pinnatifid, sometimes undivided, 3–15 (–22) cm × 10–50 mm, margins dentate, apex obtuse or acute;
    lobes 1–4 each side, oblong or ovate, to 4 cm × 20 mm (smaller than terminal).
    Cauline leaves (distal) subsessile;
    Fruiting pedicels divaricate or ascending, 7–25 mm, (straight).
    Flowers: sepals 7–11 × 1–2 mm, sparsely pubescent;
    petals yellow or creamy white (veins dark-brown or purple), 15–25 × 4–7 mm, claw to 15 mm;
    filaments (slender), 7–12 mm;
    anthers 2–2.5 mm.
    Fruits cylindrical or narrowly lanceolate;
    terminal segment (1.5–) 2–11 (–14) cm × (2.5–) 3–8 (–11) mm, (base rounded), strongly constricted between seeds (usually breaking), strongly ribbed, beak narrowly conical;
    style 10–50 mm.
    Seeds (reddish-brown or dark-brown to black), oblong or ovoid, 2.5–3.5 × 1.8–2.5 mm. 2n = 18.