Turritis glabra
L. Tower MustardBiannual herbs to 120 cm high, glaucous, pilose basally with simple and stalked stellate hairs, glabrous above; stems erect, simple, sometimes many arising from basal rosette. Basal leaves petiolate, spathulate, oblanceolate or oblong, up to c. 12 cm long, toothed to shallowly pinnatifid; stem leaves sessile, lanceolate, oblong or ovate, 2–10 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, dentate or entire, auriculate at base. Sepals oblong, (2.5–)3–5 mm long; petals 5–8.5 mm long, pale yellow or creamy white, rarely pink. Fruit erect, linear, 4–10 cm long, 0.7–1.5 mm wide; pedicles appressed to rachis, 7–20 mm long.
Naturalised in NSW. Native to Eurasia. Recorded twice in Victoria (1854, 1855) from the upper reaches of the Mitta Mitta and Mitchell Rivers respectively.
The species has apparently not persisted, and possibly was never truly established, in Victoria. In New South Wales it is known from similar, subalpine sites, and is rare in that state too. It appears to be very habitat-specific and has not flourished in this country.
