Sisymbrium irio L., Sp. Pl. 659 1753. (Syn: Arabis charbonnelii H.Lév.; Crucifera irio (L.) E.H.L.Krause; Descurainia irio (L.) Webb & Berthel.; Erysimum irio (L.) Farw.; Erysimum irio (L.) Rupr.; Hesperis iriodes Kuntze (Unresolved); Hesperis maxima Kuntze (Unresolved); Irio ruderalis Fourr. (Unresolved); Norta irio (L.) Britton; Phryne laxata Bubani (Unresolved); Sisymbrium irio var. dasycarpum O.E. Schulz; Sisymbrium irio var. leiocarpum Maire; Sisymbrium irioides Boiss.; Sisymbrium maximum Hochst. ex E. Fourn.; Sisymbrium pinnatifidum Forssk.);
London rocket;
Brassicaceae Week: Sisymbrium irio from Delhi: Sisymbrium irio L., Sp. Pl. 2: 659, 1753
Common name: London rocket
Annual herb easily differentiated by its smaller flowers (petals 3-4 mm long) and slender fruit barely 1 mm broad and 30-45 mm long.
Photographed from Delhi on growing as weed in beds and shaded wastelands.
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