DAME'S ROCKET
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Hesperis matronalis L.
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| Clay County, Kansas |
| Biennial |
| Height: 20-40 inches |
| Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June |
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| Stems: | | Erect, often branched above, pubescent. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, sessile or short-stalked, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 1 to 6 inches long, 1/4 to 1 inch wide, pubescent; margins toothed; tips pointed; upper leaves reduced. | | Inflorescences: | | Racemes, several to many-flowered, terminal. | | Flowers: | | Fragrant; sepals 4, erect; corollas 3/4 to 1 inch across, pinkish purple or bluish purple; petals 4. | | Fruits: | | Pods, cylindric, slender, 2 to 6 inches long; seeds many, angular, reddish brown. | | Habitat: | | Abandoned farmsteads, roadsides, waste areas, thickets, and open woods. | | Distribution: | | Throughout except southwest corner of Kansas. | | Forage Value: | | Ground-foraging birds eat the seeds. | | Comments: | | Dame's rocket is an escaped ornamental often planted by early settlers and now widely naturalized. |
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