Crambe maritima, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 344

1. C. maritima L. , Sp. PI. 671 (1753).

Stout glabrous perennial 30-75 cm, with branched fleshy stock. Lower leaves sinuatedentate to irregularly pinnatifid. Petals 6-10 mm. Lower segment of silicula 1-4 mm; upper segment 7-12 mm, globose to ovoid; pedicels 8-26 mm; seeds 4-5 mm. 2« = 30, 60. Shores o f the Baltic, Atlantic and Black seas; sometimes naturalized elsewhere. Be Br Bu D a Fe G a Ge Hb Ho Hs No Rm Rs (B, W, K, E) Su Tu [Au Cz Hu It], (2-5). C. tataria group. Stout perennials up to 150 cm, with a fleshy fusiform stock branched at the apex. Petals (3-)3*5- 7 mm. Lower segment of silicula c. 1 mm; upper segment (3-)3*5-8 mm; pedicels relatively stout (c. 0*5 mm or more in diameter); seeds 2-3*5 mm.

1 Upper segment of silicula 7-8 mm; petals 5*5-7 mm

2 Plant glabrous or sparsely hispid; upper segment of silicula 4-angled 4. grandiflora 2 Plant densely hispid; upper segment of silicula not 4-angled

5. aspera 1 Upper segment of silicula 3-7 mm; petals 3*5-6 mm

3 Leaves pinnatifid or pinnatisect, the ultimate divisions obtuse

2. tataria 3 Leaves 2-pinnatisect, the ultimate divisions acute 3. steveniana