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Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.

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Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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(L.) Czern.
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Brassica juncea

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juncea

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Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.

Annual herb with lax rosette. Stems erect, glabrous, to 1-(2) m tall. Lvs glaucous, glabrous or sparsely hairy, all petiolate. Lower lvs lyrate-pinnatifid to lyrate-pinnate, with large terminal and 1-2 pairs of lateral lobes, 8-15-(20) × 5-8 cm; margins dentate. Upper lvs simple, becoming linear, toothed to entire, 20-50 × 3-10 mm. Racemes to 45 cm long; open fls about level with buds, or lower. Sepals erecto-patent, narrow-oblong, 4-6 × c. 1 mm. Petals yellow, 6-8 × 2-3 mm. Lateral stamens spreading. Silique terete, glabrous, linear, constricted between seeds, 15-25-(40) × 1.5-2.5 mm; gynophore 0; valves with prominent median and weaker lateral veins; beak tapering, seedless, 5-10 mm long. Seeds yellow to brown, 1-2 mm diam.

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Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.

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Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
Cook Islands
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
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