Dame's rocket

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Dame's rocket leaves

Dame's rocket

Dame's rocket flowers

Dame's rocket leaves

Dame's rocket

Dame's rocket

Dame's rocket habit

Dame's rocket inflorescence

Dame's rocket

Dame's rocket fruit

Dame's rocket leaves

Morphology

Stem

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.

Inflorescence

Racemes, several to many-flowered, terminal.

Flower

Fragrant; sepals 4, erect; corollas 3/4 to 1 inch across, pinkish purple or bluish purple; petals 4.

Fruit

Pods, cylindric, slender, 2 to 6 inches long; seeds many, angular, reddish brown.

Ecology

Habitat

Abandoned farmsteads, roadsides, waste areas, thickets, and open woods.

Distribution

Throughout except southwest corner of Kansas.

Practical Information

Forage Value

Ground-foraging birds eat the seeds.

Additional Notes