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Learn more about Turnip from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Brassica rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brassica rapa var. rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-11-005?:
Brassica napus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Brassica rapa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Brassica campestris
COMMON NAME:
Turnip, Field Mustard, Field Rape, Chinese Cabbage
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_brca2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7817
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Field Mustard is the wild ancestor of the cultivated turnip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7951
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves not lustrous; flower petals deep yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7953
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Terminal lobe of stem leaves wider than lateral lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0505i_35
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers overtopping or equaling buds when open, petals 6-11(-13)mm, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm0505i_36
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Upper leaves unlobed, toothed or entire, clasping the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.