Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Türpenk
Perennial suffrutescent herb up to 70 em, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs, somewhat glaucous, simple-stemmed or much branched. Lower leaves linear-oblong or spathulate, entire, coarsely lobed or pinnatifid, up to 10 cm long, petiolate, foetid when crushed. Upper leaves entire or with linear lobes. Petals lemon-yellow, c. 11 x 5 mm, broadly obovate. Fruiting pedicels 20-32 mm, erect-spreading. Fruit straight, 20-45 x 1,5-2 mm including a short beak 1-2,5 mm; stipe 1-2 mm; stigma capitate, broader than beak. Seeds smooth, pale brown. Fl. 3-5. Roadsides and rocky slopes, s.l.-1100 m.
S. & C. Europe, N.W. Africa, Crimea, Caucasia, W. Syria.
