White Wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides)
Description
Diplotaxis erucoides, the white rocket or white wallrocket, is a species of annual herb of the family Brassicaceae native to West Mediterranean. Diplotaxis erucoides is an herbaceous plant up to 20-60 cm tall, with green, erect stem, sparsely pubescent, and pinnatisect leaves up to 15 cm long. It has racemes of white flowers with four 6-8 mm petals, four sepals, six stamens and a style with green stigma. The fruit is a 25-33 mm siliqua containing 40-80 seeds in two parallel series.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Brassicales
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Family: Brassicaceae
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Genus: Diplotaxis
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