Diplotaxis muralis
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Diplotaxis muralis is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family
known by the common name annual wall-rocket. This plant is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but it is found throughout the temperate
world, where it has naturalized
. This is an erect mustardlike plant rarely reaching half a meter in height. It has lobed leaves and its stems are topped with dense inflorescence
s of yellow, or occasionally light purple, flowers with petite oval petals and large anthers
. The fruit is a podlike silique
two to four centimeters long.
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae, a medium sized and economically important family of flowering plants , are informally known as the mustards, mustard flowers, the crucifers or the cabbage family....
known by the common name annual wall-rocket. This plant is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but it is found throughout the temperate
Temperate
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...
world, where it has naturalized
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
. This is an erect mustardlike plant rarely reaching half a meter in height. It has lobed leaves and its stems are topped with dense inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
s of yellow, or occasionally light purple, flowers with petite oval petals and large anthers
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
. The fruit is a podlike silique
Silique
A silique or siliqua is a fruit of 2 fused carpels with the length being more than three times the width. The outer walls of the ovary usually separate when ripe, leaving a persistent partition...
two to four centimeters long.