Flora of Victoria

Annual. Root wiry or stout. Stems erect, 15–50(–150) cm high, bristly. Sepals 5–10 mm long, erect; petals 12–20 mm long, yellow or white. Fruit erect, 2–9 cm long (including beak), 3–4(–6) mm wide; valves firm, constricted between seeds, readily breaking into ribbed, bony, 1-seeded units; beak narrowly conical, 10–30 mm long; pedicel 10–25 mm long; seeds usually 1–12, 1–4 mm long, light brown.

*CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *HNF, *HSF, *MuF, *MuM, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *Wim. Naturalized all States, Asia, the Americas. Probably native to Europe and northern Africa. Flowers winter-spring.

Without fruit, this species may be confused with Sinapis arvensis but that species has spreading sepals and darker yellow petals.

Source: Entwisle, T.J. (1996). Brassicaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Rosanae

order Brassicales

family Brassicaceae

genus Raphanus

Higher taxa

species Raphanus raphanistrum L.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Raphanus raphanistrum in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Raphanus raphanistrum in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Murray Mallee	present	naturalised
Wimmera	present	naturalised
Glenelg Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Riverina	present	naturalised
Murray Fans	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Otway Plain	present	naturalised
Warrnambool Plain	present	naturalised
Goldfields	present	naturalised
Central Victorian Uplands	present	naturalised
Dundas Tablelands	present	naturalised
Northern Inland Slopes	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Uplands	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	naturalised
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	naturalised
Otway Ranges	present	naturalised
Strzelecki Ranges	present	naturalised
Victorian Alps	present	naturalised

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Raphanus raphanistrum L.

Wild Radish

Victoria

State distribution