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Scientific name:

Sisymbrium strictissimum

Vernacular name:

Rocket, Perennial


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Perennial Rocket

Scientific name: Sisymbrium strictissimum L.

Diagnostic features
Perennial with strong rootstock.
Stems little branched, to 1.2m, erect.
Leaves entire to dentate.
Fruits 3-9(11)cm, erect to erecto-patent.

Chromosome number: (2n=28, 32).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; walls, rough and waste ground.

Distribution
Very few places in England from Surrey to Durham, occasionally a casual; Europe.

Thisspecies is keyed out on Page 2637 in the Text Key.

Sisymbrium strictissimum
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