Crambe L., 1880

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

103. Crambe L. 1

Annual to perennial. Glabrous or with unbranched hairs. Sepals erecto-patent; petals white, with a short claw or cuneate at base; filaments of inner stamens usually with a tooth-like appendage. Fruit a transversely articulate silicula; the lower segment short, sterile, forming a stalk together with the gynophore; upper segment ovoid to globose, indéhiscent, caducous, with a single pendent seed; stigma sessile. Several species of this genus are cultivated as vegetables.

Literature: O. E. Schulz in Engler, Pflanzenreich 70 (IV. 105): 228-49 (1919).12

1 Lower segment of silicula longer than the upper segment; filaments of the inner stamens without appendage 8. filiformis 1 Lower segment of silicula shorter than the upper segment; filaments of the inner stamens usually with a tooth-like appendage

2 Annual; lower leaves with a large, ±reniform terminal lobe and 0-2 pairs of small lateral lobes 7. hispanica 2 Stout perennials; lower leaves entire to 2-pinnatisect, the terminal lobe neither reniform nor much larger than the lateral lobes 3 Plant densely hispid (2-5). tataria group 3 Plant glabrous or sparsely hispid 4 Petals 6-10 mm; upper segment of silicula 7-12 mm 5 Upper segment of silicula not 4-angled; lower cauline leaves pinnatifid or irregularly toothed 1. maritima 5 Upper segment of silicula 4-angled; lower cauline leaves

1- or 2-pinnatisect (2-5). tataria group 4 Petals not more than 6 mm; upper segment of silicula less than 7 mm 6 Upper segment of silicula 2-3*5 mm; pedicels slender

(c. 0*3 mm in diameter) 6. koktebelica 6 Upper segment of silicula (3-)3*5-7 mm; pedicels relatively stout (c. 0*5 mm or more in diameter)

(2-5). tataria group