OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Raphanus raphanistrum   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Raphanus raphanistrum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)

Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Raphanus raphanistrum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-10-001:

Raphanus raphanistrum   FAMILY Brassicaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock


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image of Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum, Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rara2_001_lvd

        

image of Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum, Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock

Frank Bridges    fab_raphanusbloom

March    Fulton County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Flowers distinctive: yellowish petals veined with lilac, turning white w age, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum, Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock

Frank Bridges    fab_raphanusleaf

March    Fulton County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Basal lvs deeply dissected, upper lobed, coarsely dentate, crenate or serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum, Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock

JK Marlow    jkm0204j_11

April    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum, Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock

JK Marlow    jkm0404k_15

April    Greenville County    SC

Field

image of Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum, Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock

JK Marlow    jkm0404k_25

April    Greenville County    SC

Field

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum   FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Raphanus raphanistrum   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Raphanus raphanistrum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Raphanus raphanistrum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-10-001:
Raphanus raphanistrum   FAMILY Brassicaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1211

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow or white with contrasting veins (rarely lavender, pink, or orange)
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens strongly tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique

 

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