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Sisymbrium altissimum L.

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Sisymbrium altissimum L.
Sisymbrium altissimum L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Sisymbrium altissimum L.
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Sisymbrium altissimum

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altissimum

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Sisymbrium altissimum L.

Annual herb. Stem erect, hairy at base, to 1 m tall. Rosette and lower stem lvs sparsely hispid especially below, pinnatifid, rarely almost 2-pinnatifid, 5-15-(30) × 1.5-7-(10) cm, with 5-9-(12) pairs of toothed triangular lobes. Upper stem lvs glabrous, smaller, pinnatifid with linear-filiform segments. Racemes often flexuous, ebracteate, suberect or spreading, glabrous, 10-30 cm long. Pedicels c. 5 mm long at flowering, elongating to up to c. 10 mm long at fruiting, glabrous. Sepals glabrous, 3-4 mm long, the outer pair with short horn at apex (most conspicuous in bud). Petals yellow, 6-8 mm long. Anthers at least 1 mm long; filaments = or slightly > sepals. Silique glabrous, spreading, linear-cylindric, (40)-70-110 × 1-1.5 mm; style 0.5-1 mm long. Seeds ovoid to oblong, brown, c. 0.8 mm long.

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Sisymbrium altissimum L.
Sisymbrium altissimum L.

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Sisymbrium altissimum L.
New Zealand
Sisymbrium altissimum L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Sisymbrium altissimum L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Sisymbrium altissimum L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Sisymbrium altissimum L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Sisymbrium altissimum L.
United Kingdom

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1 January 2000
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