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Genus Hirschfeldia Family Brassicaceae

Description: Annual or biennial herbs, scabrous.

Inflorescence a corymbose panicle.

Sepals erect, inner pair slightly saccate. Petals clawed. Siliqua dehiscent, beaked; valves with 3 prominent veins; beak short, swollen; seeds 1 row per loculus.


Distribution and occurrence: World: 2 species Mediterranean. Australia: 1 species (naturalized).

Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept:

One species in NSW: Hirschfeldia incana

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