Sisymbrium turczaninowii Sond.

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Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Sisymbrium

Characteristics

Erect herbs up to 35(-45) cm high with annual stems arising from a perennial root. Stems patently hairy with simple hairs. Basal leaves 4-12 cm long, in a rosette, petiolate, pinnatifid with up to 10 pairs of short, broad, ovate-triangular, dentate lobes; terminal lobe small, ovate. Stem leaves 1.5-6 cm long, the lower ones petiolate, pinnatifid, with 5-6 pairs of broad, dentate lobes; upper leaves sessile, pinnatifid or pinnately serrate-dentate; the lobes and teeth ± dentate-crispate; all leaves patently hairy, glaucous. Racemes terminal, dense in flower, lax or subdense in fruit, rhachis patently hairy. Flowers small, yellow, the sepals hairy. Ovary linear, strigose; stigma subsessile, 2-lobed; ovules 80-100, rarely less. Slliquae 1-2.3 cm long, 1.3-1.5 mm in diameter, stout-linear, terete, erect on stout, wide-spreading 2-6 mm long pedicels; valves 3-nerved, strigose with short thick-based upward-pointing hairs; stigma subsessile or on a style up to 1 mm long. Seeds in 2 rows, 0.7-0.8 x 0.3-0.5 mm, oblong.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.45 m high. Stems annual from rootstock; patently hairy with simple hairs. Leaves basally in a rosette, petiolate, 4-12 mm long, pinnatifid with up to 10 pairs of short, broad, ovate-triangular, dentate lobes, terminal lobe ovate; stem leaves petiolate, pinnatifid, lobes dentate, upper ones sessile; all leaves patently hairy, glaucous. Flowers: in terminal racemes, at first dense, lax in fruit, ebracteate; petals yellow; Nov.-Apr. Fruit with pedicels stout, wide-spreading; siliquae terete, 10-23 x 1.3-1.5 mm, hairy all over with short, erect, coarse, thick-based hairs.
Annual herb, 0.35-0.45 m high, erect. Stems with simple hairs. Leaves: basal leaves rosulate, petiolate, pinnatifid, ± 10 pairs of lobes, lobes short, broad, ovate-triangular, dentate, terminal lobes small, ovate; lower cauline leaves petiolate, pinnatifid, 5 or 6 pairs of lobes, broad, dentate, upper ones sessile, pinnatifid or pinnately serrate-dentate, lobes and teeth dentate-crispate, hairy, glaucous. Inflorescence a terminal raceme; rachis hairy. Flowers small, yellow. Sepals hairy. Fruit a siliqua, stout-linear, terete, pedicellate. Seeds oblong.
A erect herb. It is hairy and grows 45 cm tall. It has a thick root that produces stems each year. The leaves at the base are in a ring. They have leaf stalks and are deeply lobed. The lobes are broadly oval and have teeth along the edge. The leaves on the stem have 6-8 pairs of broadly oval lobes with teeth. The flowers are in a dense group at the top. The flowers are small, yellow and 3 mm long. The fruit is a narrow seed capsule with short hairs. The seeds are oblong and in two rows.
Erect herb, up to 450 mm tall, with simple hairs. Inflorescence ebracteate. Siliquae terete, 10-23 x 1.3-1.5 mm, strigose with coarse, thick-based hairs. Flowers yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

The leaves at the base are ground then boiled used to make a porridge. It is often mixed with other leaves.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Potherb (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Sisymbrium turczaninowii world distribution map, present in United States of America and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:289828-1
WFO ID wfo-0001217125
COL ID 4XS8R
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Hesperis turczaninowii Tricholobus capensis Sisymbrium turczaninowii Sisymbrium burchellii var. turczaninowii