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Alyssum L.

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Alyssum L., Sp. Pl. 650-652 (1753)
Alyssum L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
650-652
ICN
Alyssum L.
genus
Alyssum

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Alyssum

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Alyssum L.

Annual to perennial, taprooted herbs. Hairs branched or stellate, rarely mixed with unbranched hairs, rarely scaly. Stems decumbent to erect, leafy. Lvs simple; margin entire. Racemes ebracteate. Sepals erecto-patent, not saccate. Petals yellow, entire, emarginate or 2-fid. Stamens 6, usually appendaged. Lateral nectaries 4, rounded to filiform on both sides of short stamens; median nectaries 0. Style short; stigma capitate or emarginate. Silicle orbicular or obovate, usually emarginate, inflated or flat, latiseptate, dehiscent; valves usually not veined or with faint median vein. Seeds flattened, usually winged, 1-2-(6) per locule, loosely arranged.

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Alyssum L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Alyssum L.
Spain

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e90bc0b1-6fcd-481b-aa56-82b213505e5e
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1 January 2000
8 January 2023
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