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SISYMBRIUM capense Thunb. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 19, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
SISYMBRIUM capense Thunb. [family CRUCIFERAE], Fl. Cap. p. 497
Information
perennial, glabrous, or hairy; stem erect, branched above; lower leaves largest, runcinate or pinnatifid, lobes toothed; upper leaves narrower, pinnatifid or lanceolate-toothed; racemes glabrous; pods turned upwards, glabrous. Stem, 2 feet or more in height, striate, with long spreading branches. Lower leaves 4–7 in. long, (in α) 1 1/2–2 inch wide, with ovate, toothed lobes 1/2 inch long or less; in γ 1–2 inch wide, deeply pinnatifid, the rachis 1–1 1/2 lines wide, lobes 6–10 at each side, horizontally patent, 1/2–1 inch long, with short teeth or quite entire. Upper leaves 1 inch long. Raceme 6–12 inches; flower stalks 3–4, fruit stalks 4–6 lines long. Petals longer than calyx, 2–2 1/2 lines long. Pods 2–3 inches, in β 1–1 1/2 inches long, 1/2 line wide, with 3-nerved valves: style 1/2–1 line long. Seeds in a single row.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Among shrubs. α., Zwartkops, Kat and Konab Rivers; Kenko River, Gauritz River and Langekloof, E. & Z.! & Zey. 1893. Albany, Drege., Mrs. Barber! Natal, Gueinzius. β, Caledon River, Burke & Zey. Vische River, Drege γ. Swellendam, Thunb.! Caledon River, B. & Z. Nieuweveld, Drege. Oct.—Dec. (Herb, Thunb., Sond., T.C.D., Hook.)
Notes
ADDENDA : S. capense, var. α = Drege 7538, ex pte. var. γ, = Drege 7539, ex pte.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 19, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
SISYMBRIUM capense Thunb. [family CRUCIFERAE], Fl. Cap. p. 497
Information
perennial, glabrous, or hairy; stem erect, branched above; lower leaves largest, runcinate or pinnatifid, lobes toothed; upper leaves narrower, pinnatifid or lanceolate-toothed; racemes glabrous; pods turned upwards, glabrous. Stem, 2 feet or more in height, striate, with long spreading branches. Lower leaves 4–7 in. long, (in α) 1 1/2–2 inch wide, with ovate, toothed lobes 1/2 inch long or less; in γ 1–2 inch wide, deeply pinnatifid, the rachis 1–1 1/2 lines wide, lobes 6–10 at each side, horizontally patent, 1/2–1 inch long, with short teeth or quite entire. Upper leaves 1 inch long. Raceme 6–12 inches; flower stalks 3–4, fruit stalks 4–6 lines long. Petals longer than calyx, 2–2 1/2 lines long. Pods 2–3 inches, in β 1–1 1/2 inches long, 1/2 line wide, with 3-nerved valves: style 1/2–1 line long. Seeds in a single row.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Among shrubs. α., Zwartkops, Kat and Konab Rivers; Kenko River, Gauritz River and Langekloof, E. & Z.! & Zey. 1893. Albany, Drege., Mrs. Barber! Natal, Gueinzius. β, Caledon River, Burke & Zey. Vische River, Drege γ. Swellendam, Thunb.! Caledon River, B. & Z. Nieuweveld, Drege. Oct.—Dec. (Herb, Thunb., Sond., T.C.D., Hook.)
Notes
ADDENDA : S. capense, var. α = Drege 7538, ex pte. var. γ, = Drege 7539, ex pte.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 19, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
SISYMBRIUM capense Thunb. [family CRUCIFERAE], Fl. Cap. p. 497
Information
perennial, glabrous, or hairy; stem erect, branched above; lower leaves largest, runcinate or pinnatifid, lobes toothed; upper leaves narrower, pinnatifid or lanceolate-toothed; racemes glabrous; pods turned upwards, glabrous. Stem, 2 feet or more in height, striate, with long spreading branches. Lower leaves 4–7 in. long, (in α) 1 1/2–2 inch wide, with ovate, toothed lobes 1/2 inch long or less; in γ 1–2 inch wide, deeply pinnatifid, the rachis 1–1 1/2 lines wide, lobes 6–10 at each side, horizontally patent, 1/2–1 inch long, with short teeth or quite entire. Upper leaves 1 inch long. Raceme 6–12 inches; flower stalks 3–4, fruit stalks 4–6 lines long. Petals longer than calyx, 2–2 1/2 lines long. Pods 2–3 inches, in β 1–1 1/2 inches long, 1/2 line wide, with 3-nerved valves: style 1/2–1 line long. Seeds in a single row.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Among shrubs. α., Zwartkops, Kat and Konab Rivers; Kenko River, Gauritz River and Langekloof, E. & Z.! & Zey. 1893. Albany, Drege., Mrs. Barber! Natal, Gueinzius. β, Caledon River, Burke & Zey. Vische River, Drege γ. Swellendam, Thunb.! Caledon River, B. & Z. Nieuweveld, Drege. Oct.—Dec. (Herb, Thunb., Sond., T.C.D., Hook.)
Notes
ADDENDA : S. capense, var. α = Drege 7538, ex pte. var. γ, = Drege 7539, ex pte.
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