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Diplotaxis tenuifolia

(Perennial Wallrocket)

Overview

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Common Names

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Common Names in Arabic:

Gargir Barri

Common Names in Chinese:

Xi Ye Er Hang Jie

Common Names in Danish:

Sandsennep

Common Names in Dutch:

Zandkool

Common Names in English:

Perennial Wallrocket, Lincoln Weed (Aust), Lincoln´s-Weed, Narrow-Leaved Wall-Mustard, Perennial Wall-Rocket, Sand Mustard, Sand Rocket, Slim-Leaved Wallrocket, Slime-Leaf Wallrocket, Slimleaf Wild Rocket, Sylvetta, Wall Rocket, Wild Arugula, Wild Rocket, Wild Roquette, Yellow-Flowered Perennial Wild Rocket

Common Names in Finnish:

Isohietasinappi, Kapealiuskainen Hietasinappi

Common Names in French:

Herbe Puante, Roquette à Feuilles Ténues, Roquette Jaune, Roquette Sauvage à Feuilles Minces

Common Names in German:

Feinblättriger Doppelsame, Schmalblättriger Doppelsame

Common Names in Italian:

Ruchetta Selvatica, Rucola, Rucola Mata, Rucola Selvatica

Common Names in Norwegian:

Steinsennep

Common Names in Polish:

Dwurzd Wskolistny

Common Names in Spanish:

Jaramago Silvestre

Common Names in Swedish:

Sandsenap

Description

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Genus Diplotaxis

Herbs annual or perennial . Trichomes absent or simple . Stems erect or ascending , rarely procumbent . Basal leaves petiolate , rosulate or not, dentate , lyrate, pinnatifid , or pinnatisect , rarely bipinnatipartite. Cauline leaves petiolate or sessile and sometimes auriculate . Racemes ebracteate or rarely lowermost flowers bracteate , elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels ascending, divaricate , or recurved. Sepals oblong or linear , erect or spreading , base of lateral pair often not saccate . Petals yellow, white, pink, or purple, longer than sepals; blade obovate or suborbicular , apex obtuse or emarginate ; claw absent or as long as or shorter than sepals. Stamens 6, tetradynamous ; filaments not dilated at base; anthers oblong, obtuse at apex. Nectar glands 4; median glands large; lateral glands smaller. Ovules 16-260 per ovary. Fruit dehiscent siliques, linear, latiseptate or terete , glabrous , sessile or long stipitate , unsegmented or segmented ; valvular segment well developed, dehiscent , numerous seeded, much longer than terminal segment, torulose , with a distinct midvein ; terminal segment indehiscent, seedless or 1- or 2-seeded; replum rounded ; septum complete ; style obsolete to 4 mm; stigma capitate, entire or 2-lobed. Seeds biseriate , wingless, oblong, ovoid , or ellipsoid , slightly flattened; seed coat smooth or minutely reticulate , slightly mucilaginous or not mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons conduplicate .

About 30 species: especially in NW Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, and Macaronesia, extending into C Asia; one species (introduced ) in China.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Subshrub , Shrub , Forb/herb

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June, July, August. • Flower Color: yellow

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 12-18" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,176 meters (0 to 3,858 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 24-36" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Diplotaxis tenuifolia< /i> (L.) Dc. • Sisymbrium tenuifolium L.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 2009

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Diplotaxis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

D. erucoides (Garden Wallrocket) · D. erucoides 'Voyager' (Rocket Salad) · D. muralis (Annual Wallrocket) · D. siifolia (Wallrocket) · D. tenuifolia (Perennial Wallrocket)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Tai-yien Cheo, Lianli Lu, Guang Yang, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz & Vladimir Dorofeev "Diplotaxis". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 23. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 126.030 meters (413.484 feet), Standard Deviation = 146.830 based on 4,057 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2013-10-29