Family |
Brassicaceae
Pseudoturritis turrita
(L.) Al-Shehbaz
Pseudoturritis turrita (L.) Al-Shehbaz
First published in Novon 15: 522 (2005).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 139, Pl. LII, 5; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Hairy biennial or perennial herb, often robust, 20–100 cm tall.
Leaves: Basal leaves long-stalked, obovate and regularly sinuate or toothed. Stem leaves stalkless, with a heart-shaped, clasping base, sometimes fiddle-shaped towards the base.
Inflorescence & flowers: One-sided inflorescence with leafy bracts at the base of each flower. Calyx pale green; corolla pale yellow, 6–8 mm long.
Fruit: Flattened, hairless or nearly hairless siliques, 8–14 cm long, on stalks 4–7 mm long; initially more or less erect, later spreading and slightly curved. Seeds winged.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: March–May.
Habitat & elevation: Shaded places, especially rocky sites.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Bikfaya, Mayfouq, Ain Zehalta, Rayfoun, Feitroun, Aramoun and Hadeth; also recorded at Kfertay and Zeraaya.
Syrian distribution: Slenfe and Jabal Mattai.
Native range: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine.
Introduced into: Belgium, Great Britain.
⚠️ Taxonomic note:
Mouterde uses Arabis turrita L., which Kew confirms as a synonym of Pseudoturritis turrita.