Moricandia arvensis, (L.) DC.
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1. M. arvensis (L.) DC. , Reg. Veg. Syst. Nat. 2: 626 (1821).
Short-lived perennial up to 65 cm, with branched stems. Lower leaves obovate, repand-crenate, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base; upper cauline leaves cordate, entire, widened and amplexicaul at the base, more or less acute. Raceme with 10- 20 large, showy flowers, becoming lax. Petals c. 20 mm, violet- purple. Siliqua 3-8 cm x 2-3 mm, compressed, 4-angled. Seeds c. 1 mm, biseriate, brown. Calcicole. Mediterranean region. BI Co Gr Hs It Si. M. longirostris Pomel , Nouv. Mat. FI. Atl. 367 (1875), recorded from S. Italy and Sicilia, which differs in its longer siliquae (up to 12 cm), with longer, often recurved beaks and very numerous seeds, may deserve recognition as a subspecies.
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Moricandia arvensis
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
M. arvensis (L.)
| DC. 1821: 626 |