WorldFloraDB - Erucaria hispanica

Characteristics

A herb. It can grow for one or two years. It grows 80 cm high. It develops branches low down. The leaves are twice divided into narrow lobes. The leaves at the base are almost in a ring. They are 10-18 cm long and 4-5 cm wide. The higher leaves are smaller. The flowers are about 1 cm across and mauve. There are about 30-45 flowers in a loose flower arrangement. The fruit is dry and long. It is about 10-15 mm long. It is fatter at the top end.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.8

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

A Mediterranean plant. It can grow in arid places.

More

Cultivated land and waste places.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)	-

Usage

The leaves are eaten raw. The stems and leaves are used as a vegetable.

Uses	food
Edible	leaves shoots stems
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Habit

Leaf

Flower

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:283447-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000677442
COL ID	3B9TV
BDTFX ID	25286
INPN ID	97054
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cakile myagroides Raphanus hispanicus Sinapis hispanica Brassica purpurascens Bunias myagroides Cordylocarpus laevigatus Crucifera aleppica Didesmus myagroides Didesmus pinnatus Erucaria latifolia Erucaria lineariloba Erucaria myagroides Erucaria tenuifolia Erucaria grandiflora Cordylocarpus tenuifolius Erucaria hispanica var. hispanica Erucaria hispanica var. patula Erucaria hispanica var. polysperma Erucaria aleppica Erucaria lineariloba var. grandiflora Erucaria hispanica var. latifolia Erucaria hispanica var. tanacetifolia Erucaria hispanica

WorldFloraDB 2024

Erucaria hispanica Druce

Hirschfeldie blanchie (fr), Roquette bâtarde (fr), Moutarde blanche (fr), Hirschfeldie blanche (fr), Hirschfeldie grisâtre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Erucaria