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Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch

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Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch

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New Zealand
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(L.) W.D.J.Koch
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W.D.J.Koch
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Brassica nigra

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nigra

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Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch

Annual herb with lax rosette. Stems erect, glabrous above, bristly below, ribbed, 0.6-1-(2) m tall. Lvs green, petiolate, sparsely bristly. Lower lvs lyrate-pinnatifid, to 16 cm long; margins dentate; terminal lobe large, 3-lobed to ovate; lateral lobes subacute, in 1-2 pairs. Upper stem lvs not lobed, becoming entire, lanceolate, 3-5 × 0.5-1 cm. Racemes to 40 cm long; buds overtopping or level with open fls. Sepals narrow-oblong, 3-4 × c. 1 mm. Petals bright yellow, 7-8 × 2-3 mm. All stamens erect. Silique quadrangular, glabrous, oblong, appressed to rachis, somewhat constricted between seeds, (6)-12-25 × 2 mm; gynophore 0; valves strongly keeled, with prominent median and weak lateral veins; beak slender, seedless, (1.5)-2-4 mm long. Seeds red-brown, c. 1 mm diam.

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Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch
Brassica nigra (L.) Koch

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Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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030ca3c4-88cd-4964-bee7-d99b0b41858e
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 January 2012
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