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Conringia orientalis (L.) Dumort.

Hare's ear mustard (en), Conringie d'Orient (fr), Vélar d'Orient (fr), Roquette d'orient (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Conringia

Characteristics

Plants sometimes winter annuals. Stems mostly simple, (1-)3-7 dm. Basal leaves: blade (slightly fleshy), pale green, oblanceolate to obovate, 5-9 cm, margins ± entire. Cauline leaves: blade oblong to elliptic or lanceolate, (1-)3-10(-15) cm × (5-)20-25 (-50) mm, base deeply cordate-amplexicaul, apex rounded. Fruiting pedicels ascending, straight or curved-ascending, (8-)10-15(-20) mm. Flowers: sepals 6-8 × 1-1.5 mm, median pair narrower than lateral, apex acute; petals 7-12 × 2-3 mm, base attenuate, claw usually as long as sepal; filaments 5-7 mm; anthers 1.5-2 mm. Fruits ± torulose, strongly 4-angled to ± cylindrical, 1-nerved, keeled, (5-)8-14 cm × 2-2.5 mm; style cylindrical, 0.5-4 mm. Seeds brown, 2-2.9 × 1.2-1.5 mm. 2n = 14.
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Annual herb, erect, usually 10–50 cm high, sparingly branched, glabrous and glaucous. Leaves obovate to elliptic, entire, subsessile to sessile, auriculate and stem-clasping Sepals 5–7.5 mm long. Petals 7–13.5 mm long, somewhat yellow-or green-white. Siliqua cylindrical to quadrangular, 4.5–14 cm long, 2–2.5 mm wide, erect to spreading on pedicels 4–15 mm long; valves with 1 prominent midrib. Seeds ovoid, 2–3 mm long, dark brown to black.
A cabbage family herb. The plant is about 0.5 m high. It is a stout plant and is an annual. The leaves near the base are broadly oval and narrow towards the base. The leaves on the stem are oblong and clasp the stem. They have two rounded ears or lobes near the stem. The flowers have 4 whitish petals. The flower heads are long. The fruit are long angular pods. There are several seeds in a row.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.38 - 0.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Arable and waste land, also on cliffs by the sea, especially on clay and calcareous soils in Britain.
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It is a temperate plant. It does best in calcareous soils. It needs a sunny position.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Leaves and stems are eaten raw. They are used as a flavouring. They are also roasted with egg. An edible oil used for cooking can be obtained from the seed.
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Used as a salad vegetable in Europe.
Uses food material medicinal oil
Edible leaves seeds stems
Therapeutic use Tumor(Breast) (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
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Images

Leaf

Conringia orientalis leaf picture by Erika Lopp (cc-by-sa)
Conringia orientalis leaf picture by Rao Rao wasi (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Conringia orientalis world distribution map, present in Australia, Canada, France, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281541-1
WFO ID wfo-0000619480
COL ID XV57
BDTFX ID 18684
INPN ID 92254
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Brassica orientalis Caulanthus annuus Conringia orientalis Sisymbrium tetragonum Erysimum perfoliatum Gorinkia orientalis Brassica agrestis Cheiranthus orientalis Crucifera conringia Erysimum campestre Hesperis pulmonarioides Erysimum glaucum Brassica perfoliata Conringia perfoliata Erysimum brassica Erysimum orientale Arabis orientalis Cakile perfoliata l'hér. ex Brassica turrita
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