Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Brassica tournefortii
Brassicaceae
Woodland, shrubland, grassy areas, roadsides, disturbed areas, dunes, and wetlands. Sydney area, near Bathurst, and Western Slopes. Occasionally elsewhere.
Introduced annual herb to 0.60 m tall. Stems bristly at the base becoming hairless above. Leaves basal and alternating up the stems, 6-30 cm long, deeply lobed, bristly, particulary the lower surface. Stem leaves becoming smaller up the stems, eventually linear and bract-like. Flowers pale yellow fading to white, with 4 petals each 5–8 mm long. Flowers in clusters. Flowers Apr.–Oct. Seed cases erect, 3–7 cm long (including the beak), 2–3 mm wide; constricted between the seeds, midrib not prominent. Beak 8–20 mm long, with 1 or 2 seeds. Stalk 7–25 mm long. Seeds reddish-brown.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Brassica~tournefortii (accessed 6 January, 2021)
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