Annual, to 80 cm high, glabrous or with scattered short hairs. Leaves not in basal rosette, to 15 cm long, deeply pinnately dissected with 2 or 3 pairs of lateral lobes, margins toothed, leaves smaller towards inflorescence, sometimes ovate-lanceolate, seldom entire. Sepals 1–2 mm long; petals 1–2.5 mm long. Fruit more or less horizontal, linear, straight, 2.5–5 cm long, c. 1 mm wide; style c. 0.5 mm long, with slightly swollen apex; pedicels horizontal, thick, 2–5 mm long. Flowers mainly spring.
LoM, MuM, Wim, VVP, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, GipP, OtP, NIS. Also naturalised WA, NT, SA, NSW, ?New Zealand. Native to western Mediterranean region. Common weed in dry areas of north and north-west of the state (particularly near Murray River) but also naturalised in the Melbourne area.
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.
