Thlaspi alliaceumL. - Roadside penny-cress
Scientific Description:
Annual, 15−30 cm, smelling of garlic, simple and single-stemmed. Basal leaves oblong-lanceolate, simple or lyrate, forming a loose rosette, long-petiolate. Cauline leaves oblong, often adpressed to stem, entire or serrate, amplexicaul, hastate. Petals white, 3 × 1.5 mm. Inflorescence ± corymbose, elongating in fruit. Fruiting pedicels slightly reflexed, 8−12 mm. Siliculae obovate to obcordate, slightly inflated, 6−8 × 4 mm, very narrowly winged and with very short style; septum 6−7 × 4 mm. Seeds punctate, 4−5 in each loculus.
Flowering time: March−May.
Habitat: Shady places, near s.l.
Reference:
Hedge IC (1965). Thlaspi alliaceum L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1: 339.
Public Description:
Thlaspi alliaceum, common name “Roadside penny-cress”, is distributed in Central and Southern Europe. They are white-flowered, garlic-scented annual plants that grow less than 30 cm in length. These plants, which prefer shady places, can be seen in flower in spring.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2015). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=670, Accessed date: 29.12.2015.
Anonymous 2 (2017). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thlaspi, Accessed date: 24.04.2017.
Mutlu, B (2012). Thlaspı L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 297−299.
Hedge IC (1965). Thlaspi alliaceum L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1: 339.