Cochlearia Linnaeus (Q3683)

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Cochlearia is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Cochlearieae
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Cochlearia Linnaeus
Cochlearia is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Cochlearieae

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    taxon/id/Cochlearia Linnaeus
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    Cochlearia Linnaeus
    Cochlearia
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Scurvy-grass (English)
    North America
    Europe
    nw Africa
    Stems erect or decumbent, unbranched or branched.
    petiolate or sessile;
    basal rosulate or not, petiolate, blade margins usually entire, repand, or dentate, rarely sinuate-dentate;
    cauline petiolate or sessile, blade (base auriculate or not), margins entire, repand, or dentate.
    Fruiting pedicels erect, divaricate, or ascending, slender.
    Flowers: sepals ovate or oblong;
    petals oblanceolate or spatulate, [oblong, lingulate, elliptic], claw not differentiated from blade;
    stamens subequal or slightly tetradynamous;
    filaments not dilated basally;
    nectar glands lateral, 1 on each side lateral stamens.
    Fruits sessile, ovoid, ellipsoid, obovoid, orbicular, ovoid-orbicular, or elliptic to oblong, [sub] terete or angustiseptate;
    valves each with distinct midvein (sometimes inflated);
    ovules [5–] 8–14 [–32] per ovary;
    Seeds plump, not winged, ovoid-oblong or ovoid to subglobose [ellipsoid];
    seed-coat (smooth or papillose), not mucilaginous when wetted;