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Tower rockcress or tower mustard
Turritis glabra
About
Turritis glabra, commonly known as tower rockcress or tower mustard, is a tall, slim, grey-green plant with small creamy flowers at the top of the stem. It usually grows on poor chalky or sandy soils, in open situations. It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and it is widespread in North America where it is also probably native. It can be found in many other parts of the world as an introduced species.
- Family
- Brassicaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Turritis glabra
- Slug
- turritis-glabra
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Turritis
- Species
- glabra
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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