Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Stipules 0.
Leaves alternate. Flowers in racemes, usually bisexual,
hypogynous, actinomorphic. Sepals 4, free, in 2
series. Petals 4 (rarely 0). Stamens 6
(inner 4 long, outer 2 short). Ovary 2-locular.
Style 1. Stigmas 2. Fruit dry, usually a dehiscent siliqua or silicula, opening from below by 2 valves, sometimes breaking into segments transversely, sometimes indehiscent.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Brassicaceae Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=37
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
