Diplotaxis

Although I'd only grown annual arugula, it turns out “arugula,” actually refers to three separate plants: E. vesicaria ssp. sativa, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, and Diplotaxis muralis.

Archive 2008-07-01 Laurie Constantino 2008

When I dug out the seed packet, I discovered it was Diplotaxis tenuifola, also known as wild arugula or Selvetica, an extremely cold hardy perennial (as plants must be to survive Alaskan winters).

Garden Treasure with 4 Recipes for Arugula: with Eggs, in Salads, and in Pasta Sauce (4 Συνταγές για Ρόκα) Laurie Constantino 2008

When I dug out the seed packet, I discovered it was Diplotaxis tenuifola, also known as wild arugula or Selvetica, an extremely cold hardy perennial (as plants must be to survive Alaskan winters).

Archive 2008-07-01 Laurie Constantino 2008

Although I'd only grown annual arugula, it turns out “arugula,” actually refers to three separate plants: E. vesicaria ssp. sativa, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, and Diplotaxis muralis.

Garden Treasure with 4 Recipes for Arugula: with Eggs, in Salads, and in Pasta Sauce (4 Συνταγές για Ρόκα) Laurie Constantino 2008

_Diplotaxis tenuifolia_, [468] St. Hilaire in _Cardamine hirsuta_, others in _C. sylvatica_.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

Heyland [501] have figured some anomalous flowers of _Diplotaxis tenuifolia_ in which the pistil, more or less distended and deformed, was considerably elongated below, so that it seemed to be borne upon a long stalk, analogous to that of fruits of Capparids.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

_Diplotaxis tenuifolia_ more or less completely separated one from the other; indeed, this separation is very common amongst _Cruciferæ_ and

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

Moquin [526] mentions having seen the leaves of _Chenopodium vulvaria_, and of _Diplotaxis muralis_ reduced to a fourth of their natural size; and he alludes to other cases of the same nature, seen by other observers, in _Hypericum perforatum_ and _Blitum polymorphum_.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

Seringe figures a proliferous flower of _Arabis alpina_ with two sepals only, and a similar occurrence has been noticed in _Diplotaxis tenuifolia_.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

Seringe [281] has described a malformation in _Diplotaxis tenuifolia_ in which all the floral organs were replaced by sixteen distinct leaflets which had preserved their proper relative position.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters