HOARY FALSE ALYSSUM

Class: Berteroa incana

Family: MUSTARD FAMILY

Sub Family: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae

Year: Annual

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Colour: White

Height: 30-46 cm (12-18")

Each Flower: 7 mm (1/4") across with deeply-cleft, narrow petals, greenish at base; 6 stamens, 4 long and 2 short; 4 green, hairy sepals pointed and half as long as petals; flower-stalk 3 mm (1/8") long; many small, flattish, egg-shaped pods lower down flowering stem as plant matures

Leaves: Many small, pointed, rough leaves arranged spirally, mainly on stem branches 1.3-2 cm (1/2-3/4") long and 3 mm (1/8") broad; very often there are 1 or 2 tiny stipules at leaf-axils

Stems: Main stem woody, rough, and reddish and stem branches green

Blooming Period: May - August

Habitat: Poor gravelly soil on roadsides and in waste places

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