Erysimum repandum
L. Treacle MustardDemonstr. Pl.: 17 (1753)
APNI Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Extinct
Establishment means
Introduced
Leaves entire to pinnately lobed; hairs medifixed or 3-branched. Sepals 3–6 mm long; petals 6–10 mm long, yellow. Fruit erect to almost horizontal, linear, somewhat moniliform, 4–10 cm long, c. 1–1.5 mm wide; pedicels spreading, 2–7 mm long. Flowers winter–spring.
Also naturalised SA, NSW. Native to Mediterranean region.
A few scattered reports in Victoria but none since 1951.
Erysimum repandum is distinguished from all other Brassicaceae by its appressed, usually medifixed hairs and its long, narrow fruits.
Source:
Entwisle, T.J. (1996). Brassicaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 399–459. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
Updated by: Val
Stajsic,
8 Jan. 2019
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