Conringia

Heister ex Fabricius

Enum., 160. 1759.

Common names: Hare’s-ear mustard
Etymology: For Hermann Conring, 1606–1681, German professor of medicine and philosophy at Helmstedt
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 517. Mentioned on page 230, 246.

Plants not scapose; (usually glaucous). Stems erect, unbranched or branched proximally. Leaves basal and cauline; subsessile or sessile; basal not rosulate, subsessile, blade margins usually entire; cauline blade (base cordate-amplexicaul or, rarely, auriculate), margins usually entire, rarely crenulate. Racemes (corymbose, several-flowered). Fruiting pedicels ascending, stout (almost as thick as fruit, or, rarely, much narrower). Flowers: sepals oblong; petals usually narrowly obovate, rarely oblanceolate, claw differentiated from blade [undifferentiated], (apex obtuse); stamens slightly tetradynamous; filaments not dilated, slender; anthers oblong (base slightly sagittate); nectar glands lateral, median glands often absent. Fruits sessile, linear, torulose, 4-angled or terete; valves each with prominent midvein; replum rounded; septum complete; stigmas capitate-flattened, entire. Seeds not winged, oblong [ellipsoid]; seed coat (papillose), copiously mucilaginous (granular) when wetted; cotyledons incumbent. x = 7 [9].

Distribution

Introduced; c Europe, e Mediterranean region, Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan), introduced also in Mexico, nw Africa, Australia.

Discussion

Species 6 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Conringia"
Suzanne I. Warwick +
Heister ex Fabricius +
Hare’s-ear mustard +
c Europe +, e Mediterranean region +, Asia (Afghanistan +, Pakistan) +, introduced also in Mexico +, nw Africa +  and Australia. +
For Hermann Conring, 1606–1681, German professor of medicine and philosophy at Helmstedt +
Cruciferae +
Conringia +
Brassicaceae tribe Conringieae +