Crossflower

2010.04.30 Austria, Vienna XXII. district (Lobau grain field 155 m AMSL).Upper part of stem - with fresh and withering flowers.German name: Zart-GliederschoteID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)

2010.04.30 Austria, Vienna XXII. district (Lobau grain field 155 m AMSL).Flower: as you can see, buds and open flowers on the top while further down the silique already begins to grow through the withering flower; a layout typical for Brassicaceae.German name: Zart-GliederschoteID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)

Nevada, United States

2010.04.30 Austria, Vienna XXII. district (Lobau grain field 155 m AMSL).Habitat: it grew in many places on this field, and on some places like here there were enough to give the field a pink "shimmer".German name: Zart-GliederschoteID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)

2010.04.30 Austria, Vienna XXII. district (Lobau grain field 155 m AMSL).Close-up of silique.German name: Zart-GliederschoteID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)

2010.04.30 Austria, Vienna XXII. district (Lobau grain field 155 m AMSL).Flowering in april/may - habitus.Quite rare, for the first time discovered in Austria (Vienna) in 1953 and spreading since (potentially invasive), native of South and South-East Europe and Asia.German name: Zart-GliederschoteID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd), and see also this thread at naturbeobachtung.at.

2010.04.30 Austria, Vienna XXII. district (Lobau grain field 155 m AMSL).Detail of stamens: here you can see the layout of a typical Brassicaceae species - six stamens, four of those longer (and arranged circular around the gynoecium), while the other two (outside the inner four) are significantly shorter.German name: Zart-GliederschoteID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)