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![]() Arabis |
![]() Armoracia |
![]() Aubrieta |
![]() Aurinia |
![]() Barbarea |
![]() Berteroa |
![]() Brassica |
![]() Bunias |
![]() Cakile |
![]() Calepina |
![]() Camelina |
![]() Capsella |
![]() Cardamine |
![]() Carrichtera |
![]() Chorispora |
![]() Cochlearia |
![]() Coincya |
![]() Conringia |
![]() Crambe |
![]() Descurainia |
![]() Diplotaxis |
![]() Draba |
![]() Enarthrocarpus |
![]() Erophila |
![]() Eruca |
![]() Erucaria |
![]() Erucastrum |
![]() Erysimum |
![]() Euclidium |
![]() Hesperis |
![]() Hirschfeldia |
![]() Hornungia |
![]() Iberis |
![]() Isatis |
![]() Lepidium |
![]() Lobularia |
![]() Lunaria |
![]() Malcolmia |
![]() Matthiola |
![]() Microthlaspi |
![]() Moricandia |
![]() Myagrum |
![]() Nasturtium |
![]() Neslia |
![]() Noccaea |
![]() Pachyphragma |
![]() Peltaria |
![]() Pseudoturritis |
![]() Raphanus |
![]() Rapistrum |
![]() Rorippa |
![]() Sinapis |
![]() Sisymbrium |
![]() Subularia |
![]() Teesdalia |
![]() Thelypodium |
![]() Thlaspi |
![]() Turritis |
All plants in the Brassicaceae family have four sepals and four petals, except Narrow-leaver Pepperwort, which is usually petal-less. Most plants in this family have white petals, but some have yellow petals, fewer purple, mauve, lilac or pink. Most have six stamens, but some only 4/2 (Cardamine, Hornungia and Lepidium) whilst other Genera may have 4 long stamens plus two short ones. Generally, the most reliable indicator of identity between species and Genera of plants belonging to the Cabbage Family are the seeds/pods/fruits: their size, their shape, their poise and their colour. If the fruits can be seen from all angles then there is a much better chance of obtaining a true identification. The shape and size of the leaves is next and the shape and presence or absence of any lobes or teeth.
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[CARDAMINE] Bitter-cresses
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[Cardamine] BITTER-CRESS HYBRID CHART |
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Cuckooflower (Lady's Smock). (Cardamine pratensis) | Photo: © RWD |
Large Bitter-cress (Cardamine amara) | Photo: © RWD |
Wavy Bitter-cress (Cardamine flexuosa) | Photo: © RWD |
Hairy Bitter-cress (Cardamine hirsuta) | Photo: © RWD |
[RAPHANUS] Radishes
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Wild Radish. (Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum) | Photo: © RWD |
Sea Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. maritimus) | Photo: © RWD |
[ARABIS] Rock-cresses
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Garden Arabis (Arabis caucasica) | Photo: © RWD |
Hairy Rock-cress (Arabis hirsuta) | Photo: © RWD |
[LUNARIA] Honesty
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Honesty. (Lunaria annua) | Photo: © RWD |
Perennial Honesty (Lunaria rediviva) | Photo: © RWD |
[HESPERIS] Dame's-violet
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Dame's-Violet. (Hesperis matronalis) | Photo: © RWD |
[ALLIARIA] Garlic Mustard
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Garlic Mustard. (Alliaria petiolata) | Photo: © RWD |
[CRAMBE] Sea-kale
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Sea Kale (Crambe maritima) | Photo: © RWD |
[LEPIDIUM] Pepperworts
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Lesser Swine-Cress (Lepidium didymum) | Photo: © RWD |
Swine-Cress (Lepidium coronopus) | Photo: © Simon Melville |
Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba) | Photo: © RWD |
Dittander (Lepidium latifolium) | Photo: © RWD |
Least Pepperwort (Lepidium virginicum) | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
[COCHLEARIA] Scurvygrasses
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[Cochlearia] SCURVYGRASS HYBRID CHART |
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Danish Scurvygrass (Cochlearia danica) | Photo: © RWD |
English Scurvygrass (Cochlearia anglica) | Photo: © RWD |
Pyrenean Scurvygrass (Cochlearia pyrenaica) | Photo: © RWD |
[EROPHILA] Whitlowgrasses
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Common Whitlowgrass (Erophila verna) | Photo: © RWD |
[IBERIS] Candytufts
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Perennial Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens) | Photo: © RWD |
Garden Candytuft (Iberis umbellata) | Photo: © RWD |
Wild Candytuft (Iberis amara) | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
[ARABIDOPSIS] Thale-Cresses
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Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) | Photo: © RWD |
Northern Rock-Cress (Arabidopsis petraea) | Photo: © Jill Stevens |
[CAPSELLA] Shepherd's-Purses
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Shepherd's-Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) | Photo: © RWD |
[TEESDALIA] Shepherd's Cress
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Shepherd's Cress (Teesdalia nudicaulis) | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
[HORNUNGIA] Hutchinsia
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Hutchinsia (Hornungia petraea) | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
[THLASPI] Penny-Cresses
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Field Penny-Cress (Thlaspi arvense) | Photo: © Simon Melville |
Smith's Pepperwort (Lepidium heterophyllum) | Photo: © RWD |
[BRASSICA] Cabbages
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Wild Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) | Photo: © RWD |
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea ssp. italica) | Photo: © RWD |
Kale (Brassica oleraceae cultivars) | Photo: © RWD |
Oil-Seed Rape (Brassica napus var. oleifera) | Photo: © RWD |
Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) | Photo: © RWD |
[NASTURTIUM] Water-Cresses
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Narrow-Fruited Water-cress (Nasturtium microphyllum) (Formerly: Rorippa microphylla) |
Photo: © RWD |
Water-cress (Nasturtium officinale) (Formerly: Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum) |
Photo: © RWD |
[MATTHIOLA] Stocks
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Sea Stock (Matthiola sinuata) | Photo: © Celia Foote |
[SUBULARIA] Awlwort
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Awlwort (Subularia aquatica) | Photo: © RWD |
[ARMORACIA] Horse-Radish
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Horse-Radish (Armoracia rusticana) | Photo: © RWD |
[LOBULARIA] Sweet Alison
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Sweet Alison (Lobularia maritima) | Photo: © RWD |
[CAKILE] Sea Rocket
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Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima) | Photo: © RWD |
[DRABA] Whitlowgrasses
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Yellow Whitlowgrass (Draba aizoides) | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
Hoary Whitlowgrass (Draba incana) | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
[SINAPIS] Mustards
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Charlock (Sinapis arvensis) | Photo: © RWD |
White Mustard (Sinapis alba) | Photo: © Mike Baldwin |
[RAPISTRUM] Cabbages
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Bastard Cabbage (Rapistrum rugosum) | Photo: © RWD |
[HIRSCHFELDIA] Hoary Mustard
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Hoary Mustard (Hirschfeldia incana) | Photo: © RWD |
[RORIPPA] Yellow-Cresses
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[Rorippa] YELLOW-CRESS HYBRID CHART |
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Creeping Yellow-Cress (Rorippa sylvestris) | Photo: © RWD |
Marsh Yellow-Cress (Rorippa palustris) | Photo: © RWD |
Great Yellow-Cress (Rorippa amphibia) | Photo: © RWD |
[ISATIS] Woad
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Woad (Isatis tinctoria) | Photo: © Darrell Harrison |
[BARBAREA] Winter-cresses
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American Winter-cress (Barbarea verna) | Photo: © RWD |
Winter-cress (Barbarea vulgaris) | Photo: © RWD |
[DIPLOTAXIS] Wall-Rockets
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Annual Wall-Rocket (Diplotaxis muralis) | Photo: © RWD |
Perennial Wall-Rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) | Photo: © RWD |
[SISYMBRIUM] Rockets
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Eastern Rocket (Sisymbrium orientale) | Photo: © RWD |
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) | Photo: © RWD |
[ERYSIMUM] Wallflowers
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Treacle Mustard (Erysimum cheiranthoides) | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
Wall-Flower (Erysimum cheiri) | Photo: © RWD |
[AURINIA] Golden Alison
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Golden Alison (Aurinia saxatilis) | Photo: © RWD |
[COINCYA] Cabbages
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Isle of Man Cabbage (Coincya monensis) | Photo: © RWD |
[DESCURAINIA] Flixweed
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Flixweed (Descurainia sophia) | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
[TURRITIS] Tower Mustard
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Tower Mustard (Turritis glabra) | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
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