Description: Annual herbs.
Flowers in racemes, scape leafless. Sepals equal, not saccate. Petals deeply bifid.
Silicula dehiscent, septum broad; valves with 1 prominent midvein becoming indistinct above; seeds numerous, minute, in 2 rows.
Distribution and occurrence: World: 10 species, Mediterranean & Europe. Australia: 1 species (naturalized).
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden Taxon concept:
One species in NSW: Erophila verna |
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