They are most easily distinguishable by their heart-shaped seedpods a few millimetres long. They have similar-sized white flowers with the characteristic four-petalled form of other Brassicaceae.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Wild-growing radish relatives (Raphanus raphanistrum and Raphanus sativus)
Like other Brassicaceae, they have seed heads like mini broccoli.
Their flowers can be white, cream, pink or mauve.
The wild-growing radishes can be distinguished from other Brassicaceae partly by their hairy leaves and stems.
Twiggy turnip (Brassica fruticulosa)
Note the almost blue-green tinge to the leaves.
Here only the flowers of the plant protrude through the grass.
Hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)
Young plant before flowering. (Once it flowers it has yellow flowers in the typical Brassicaceae form - four petals in a cross shape.)
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