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Sisymbrium thellungii O.E.Schulz
Family Brassicaceae
Common name: African Turnip Weed

Sisymbrium thellungii O.E.Schulz APNI*

Description: Annual herb to 60 cm high, erect, scabrous, hairs reflexed.

Basal leaves lyrate-pinnatisect, to 30 cm long, with 3–7 pairs of lobes, petiolate; stem leaves reducing.

Inflorescence with bracts. Sepals 5–6 mm long, scabrous. Petals 6–8 mm long, yellow to pale yellow. Style stout, clavate, 3–4 mm long. Siliqua linear, curved, spreading, 7–12 cm long, c. 2 mm wide, valves usually scabrous; pedicel stout, spreading, usually 5–20 mm long.


Distribution and occurrence: Not common. Native of S Afr.
NSW subdivisions: *NWS
Other Australian states: *Qld
AVH map***

See also NSW WeedWise profile.

Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden; edited by P. Lu-Irving (Oct 2024)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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