Erucastrum gallicum

Dog Mustard

South of Togo
23-June-2000

The following points are from keys in Budd's Flora (BF) and Flora of Alberta (FOA).  Some of the answers appear to conflict with each other. I have noted these by placing the abbreviation of the flora they are from at the end of the point.

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Erucastrum:  Answers to key questions leading to this genus
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petals yellow

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petals less than 7 mm long

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fruit pod-like (silique or silicle), dehiscent by two valves

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pods not compressed at right angles to the central partition

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pod more than 4 times as long as broad 

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pods circular in cross section, not flattened (BF)

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pods 4-angled, not terete (FOA)

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pod valves sharply 1-nerved

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pod with a short slender beak or beakless (FOA)

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pods with a long, distinct beak (BF)

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beak joint of capsule containing a seed

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beak of pod and the body equal in cross section; not having beak flattened and body almost round

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pods opening by valves, not constricted between seeds

 

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Cruciferae: Answers to key questions leading to this family
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plants with two floral rings, and with each petal distinct from the other

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corolla regular

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4 petals

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calyx regular

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4 sepals