Species
White wall-rocket
Diplotaxis erucoides
Varieties
1 entriesDiplotaxis erucoides is an annual or biennial in Brassicaceae. Its lower leaves are toothed to deeply lobed, and the flowers have white petals. Diplotaxis erucoides has white flowers.
Botanical characteristics
This separates its floral appearance from the yellow-flowered Diplotaxis tenuifolia often sold as wild rocket. Narrow fruits follow the flowers, carrying the next generation of seeds.
White flowers and lobed leaves
Cool Heat identifies the named Diplotaxis erucoides seed selection for resellers.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Diplotaxis erucoides
- Common names
- white rocket
- Synonyms
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- Brassica apula (Ten.) Janka, Brassica erucoides (L.) Boiss., Crucifera erucoides (L.) E.H.L.Krause, Diplotaxis apula (Ten.) Ten., Diplotaxis erucoides f. valentina (Pau) Maire & Weiller, Diplotaxis erucoides proles apula (Ten.) Rouy & Foucaud, Diplotaxis erucoides subsp. murcica Sennen, Diplotaxis erucoides subvar. hispidula (Ten.) Rouy & Foucaud, Diplotaxis erucoides subvar. valentina (Pau) Nègre, Diplotaxis erucoides var. dasycarpa O.E.Schulz, Diplotaxis erucoides var. hispidula (Ten.) Lojac., Diplotaxis erucoides var. valentina (Pau) O.E.Schulz, Diplotaxis hispidula Ten., Diplotaxis leiocarpa Gand., Diplotaxis longisiliqua Gand., Diplotaxis platystylos Willk., Diplotaxis ruscinonensis Gand., Diplotaxis sagotii Gand., Diplotaxis valentina Pau, Diplotaxis versicolor Porta, Diplotaxis virgata subvar. platystylos (Willk.) Nègre, Diplotaxis virgata var. platystylos (Willk.) Nyman, Erucastrum erucoides (L.) Calest., Euzomum erucoides (L.) Spach, Malcolmia arabica Velen., Raphanus erucoides (L.) Crantz, Sinapis alba var. apula (Ten.) Alef., Sinapis apula Ten., Sinapis erucoides L., Sisymbrium erucoides (L.) Desf.
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Diplotaxis
- Species
- Diplotaxis erucoides