Rorippa backeri

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Rorippa backeri

Description

Annual or short-lived perennial herb with taproot, glabrous, 30-150 cm high. Sepals oblong, 2.5-4 mm long. Petals white, broadly spathulate, 3.5-7 mm long. Stamens 6; Ovary narrowly cylindrical with c. 0.5 mm long style. Seeds dark brown, broadly oblong to subspheroid in outline, 1.2-1.4 by 0.9-1.1 mm, regularly reticulate-foveolate.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present), Jang present, Mts Merbabu present, Suket present, Wilis present
Malesia: Java (eastern part: Mts Merbabu, Wilis, Jang& Idjen: Suket).

Citation

STEEN. 1972: Mt. Fl. Java: pl. 12/7
BACKER & BAKH.f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 191