Erucastrum gallicum O.E.Schulz

Hairy rocket (en), Erucastre (fr), Érucastre de France (fr), Fausse roquette de France (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Erucastrum

Characteristics

Plants sparsely to densely pubescent, trichomes stiff, recurved (or retrorsely appressed). Stems erect or ascending, unbranched or branched (few to several), 0.9-6.5(-8) dm. Basal leaves: blade oblanceolate, 3-28 cm × 8-110 mm, margins dentate to deeply lobed or pinnatifid, lobes 3-10 each side, smaller than terminal, lobe margins crenate or dentate, surfaces sparsely pubescent. Cauline leaves similar to basal, distal shortly petiolate or sessile, blade smaller (distalmost 1-2 cm, passing into bracts, leaflike, linear, margins entire). Fruiting pedicels (3-)5-10(-20) mm. Flowers: sepals 3-5 × 1-2 mm, sparsely hispid apically; petals white to pale yellow, 4-8 × 1.5-3 mm; filaments 3.5-5.5 mm. Fruits slightly torulose, 1-4.5 cm × 1-2(-2.7) mm; terminal segment 1.5-4 mm; style 1-3 mm. Seeds reddish brown, 1.1-1.5 × 0.7-0.8 mm, alveolate. 2n = 30.
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Annual or biennial 3–6 dm, resembling Brassica; basal and lower lvs oblanceolate, to 15 cm, sparsely hairy, deeply pinnatifid, the segments crenately or angularly dentate, the terminal one much the largest; cauline lvs progressively reduced; racemes bracteate below; pedicels slender, ascending, 6–10 mm; sep erect; pet 4–8 mm, pale yellow or whitish; fr usually upcurved, the body 2–4 cm, the beak 3 mm; 2n=30. Waste places; a European weed, now widespread in the U.S. and s. Can. May–Sept.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.65
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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Images

Habit

Erucastrum gallicum habit picture by yoyoy (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Erucastrum gallicum leaf picture by yoyoy (cc-by-sa)
Erucastrum gallicum leaf picture by Trogu Antonio (cc-by-sa)
Erucastrum gallicum leaf picture by Michaël Cid (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Erucastrum gallicum flower picture by Ruth Salas (cc-by-sa)
Erucastrum gallicum flower picture by Marc Termonia (cc-by-sa)
Erucastrum gallicum flower picture by Cathy L HERIAU (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Erucastrum gallicum world distribution map, present in Canada, France, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:283486-1
WFO ID wfo-0000677501
COL ID 6GQNW
BDTFX ID 25295
INPN ID 97064
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Brassica gallica Brassica gallica Brassicaria bracteata Sisymbrium gallicum Crucifera pollichii Diplotaxis bracteata Erucastrum inodorum Erucastrum pollichii Hirschfeldia gallica Kibera gallica Hirschfeldia pollichii Erucastrum vulgare Brassica bracteata Brassica ochroleuca Brassica pollichii Brassica erucastrum var. ochroleuca Sisymbrium hirtum Sisymbrium irio var. gallicum Erucastrum gallicum