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Rapistrum rugosum (L.) Bergeret

bastard cabbage (Brassicaceae / Cruciferae)

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Rapistrum rugosum is a weedy crucifer native to southern Europe but widely naturalised, especially around the Thames Estuary.

East Tilbury (VC18: South Essex); 2019-07-12

 bastard cabbage / Rapistrum rugosum: _Rapistrum rugosum_ is a weedy crucifer native to southern Europe but widely naturalised, especially around the Thames Estuary.

The fruits of Rapistrum rugosum subsp. linnaeanum have a seedless schizocarp below a rounded and grooved fertile schizocarp, all held against the stem.

East Tilbury (VC18: South Essex); 2019-07-12

 bastard cabbage / Rapistrum rugosum: The fruits of _Rapistrum rugosum_ subsp. _linnaeanum_ have a seedless schizocarp below a rounded and grooved fertile schizocarp, all held against the stem.

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