Eruca vesicaria
Eruca vesicaria
''Eruca vesicaria'' is a species of ''Eruca'' native to the western Mediterranean region, in Morocco, Algeria, Spain and Portugal. It is closely related to ''Eruca sativa''; that species is included in ''E. vesicaria'' by some botanists either as a subspecies ''E. vesicaria'' subsp. ''sativa'' or not distinguished at all; ''E. vesicaria'' can be distinguished from ''E. sativa'' by its persistent sepals.
It is an annual plant growing to 20–100 cm tall. The leaves are deeply pinnately lobed with four to ten small lateral lobes and a large terminal lobe. The flowers are 2–4 cm diameter, arranged in a corymb, with the typical Brassicaceae flower structure; the petals are creamy white with purple veins, and the stamens yellow; the sepals are persistent after the flower opens. The fruit is a siliqua 12–25 mm long with an apical beak, and containing several seeds.
It is an annual plant growing to 20–100 cm tall. The leaves are deeply pinnately lobed with four to ten small lateral lobes and a large terminal lobe. The flowers are 2–4 cm diameter, arranged in a corymb, with the typical Brassicaceae flower structure; the petals are creamy white with purple veins, and the stamens yellow; the sepals are persistent after the flower opens. The fruit is a siliqua 12–25 mm long with an apical beak, and containing several seeds.