Diplotaxis erucoides

Diplotaxis erucoides, the white rocket^[1] or white wallrocket,^[2] is a species of annual herb of the family Brassicaceae native to West Mediterranean.^[3]

Diplotaxis erucoides
Diplotaxis erucoides flowers and fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Diplotaxis
Species:	D. erucoides
Binomial name
Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC.

Description

Diplotaxis erucoides is an herbaceous plant up to 20–60 centimetres (8–23+1⁄2 in) tall, with green, erect stem, sparsely pubescent, and pinnatisect leaves up to 15 cm long. It has racemes of white flowers with four 6–8 mm petals, four sepals, six stamens and a style with green stigma. The fruit is a 25–33 mm siliqua containing 40–80 seeds in two parallel series.^[3][4]