Matthiola fruticulosa (Matthiola fruticulosa)
Description
The field wallflower ( Matthiola fruticulosa ) is a perennial herb that grows in dry and rocky sites of the Mediterranean basin except in Corsica and Sardinia It is a perennial, herbaceous subleñosa at the base, with stems of between 10 and 60 cm high covered with dense white hair. The leaves are alternate, oblong to linear, gray-green in color. It flowers between early spring and mid- summer forming inflorescences of yellow flowers to purple, pedicelled, with four petals arranged in cross of up to 3 cm and sepals up to 15 mm. The fruit is a cylindrical silicua
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Brassicales
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Family: Brassicaceae
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Genus: Matthiola
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