Description
Annual to perennial herb, ± hispid with simple hairs.
Leaves lyrate-pinnati-partite to pinnatifid.
Sepals erect, the inner larger and somewhat saccate.
Petals white, yellow or ± violet, clawed.
Stamens 6;
Ovary biarticulate;
Fruit a transversely articulate Siliqua;
Seeds ovoid to globose, reticulate to smooth.
Distribution
About 8 spp., native in the Mediterranean area; 2 spp. are almost cosmopolitan weeds.
Citation
PRANTL 1891 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl Fam. III: 179
LINNÉ 1936 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl Fam., ed. 2, 17b: 347
BAILLON 1871 – In: Hist. Pl.: 250
B. & H. 1862 – In: Gen. Pl.: 101
SCHULZ 1919 – In: Pflanzenr.: 194
ENDL. 1839: Gen. Pl.: 886
LINNÉ 1754: Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 300