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Peltaria
Sign in to savePeltaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Their distribution ranges from Southeast Europe, Near East to Central Asia. They prefer rocky slopes.
Species
Garlic Cress
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyBrassicaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Collections
- MU, UPS, B, BRIT, VT, BALT
- Recorded in
- Netherlands, Turkmenistan, Greece, Armenia, Austria, Romania, United States
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- Peltaria alliacea3.JPG
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Peltaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Their distribution ranges from Southeast Europe, Near East to Central Asia. They prefer rocky slopes.
Peltraria species are perennials with white or rosa flowers. They are glabrous with sessile, entire and simple leaves. Their siliculae are pendent, very flat, on a short decent style.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peltaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.