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Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.

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Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb., Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 426 (1800)
Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.

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New Zealand
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P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.
P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.
1800
426
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Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.
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Armoracia

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Armoracia

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Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.

Glabrous perennial herbs; roots fusiform. Stems erect, leafy. Lvs simple, crenate, serrate, or pinnatifid, usually variable on one plant. Infl. a terminal ebracteate panicle; lateral axillary racemes often present. Sepals erecto-patent, not saccate. Petals white. Stamens 6, without appendages. Lateral nectaries 4, beside bases of single stamens; median nectaries 2, between bases of paired stamens. Style short; stigma large, capitate or shallowly 2-lobed. Silicle ellipsoid or spherical, septate, dehiscent; valves convex with indistinct network of veins. Seeds ovoid, compressed, not winged, in 2 rows per locule.

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Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.
Armoracia
Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.
Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.
Armoracia P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.

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1 January 2000
28 August 2008
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