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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Wild Radish at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Raphanus raphanistrum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Raphanus raphanistrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Raphanus raphanistrum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-10-001:
Raphanus raphanistrum FAMILY Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rara2_001_lvd
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Frank Bridges fab_raphanusbloom
March Fulton County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Flowers distinctive: yellowish petals veined with lilac, turning white w age, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Frank Bridges fab_raphanusleaf
March Fulton County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Basal lvs deeply dissected, upper lobed, coarsely dentate, crenate or serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0204j_11
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0404k_15
April Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0404k_25
April Greenville County SC
Field
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Raphanus raphanistrum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Raphanus raphanistrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Raphanus raphanistrum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-10-001:
Raphanus raphanistrum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
1211
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Common (rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow or white with contrasting veins
(rarely lavender, pink, or orange)
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens strongly tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p187
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p371
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p529
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p142
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p241
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p139
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p056
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