Species name :

Conringia orientalis (L.) Dumortier
Published in Fl. Belg. 123 (1827)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Conringia austriaca

Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life ]

Plant Family :

Brassicaceae Juss. (=Cruciferae) (The Mustard or Cress Family)
47 species from the Brassicaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Hare's Ear Mustard, Hare's Ear Cabbage

Maltese name(s) :

Maltese name not known

Status for Malta :

Introduced plants cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes but sometimes can be occassionaly found as an escapee close to the site of their original cultivation

Frequency :

Very Common     Common     Frequent     Scarce     Rare     Very Rare     Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon

Legal Protection [link]:

Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006)

Red List (1989) :

Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands

Flowering Time :

Jun-Sep

Colour of Flowers:

Yellow or Green

Habitat in Europe:

Data will be available in the next update of this website.

Preferred habitat in Malta:

Cultivated in open fields in few locations in the past but not seen for long.

Botanical Description:

Plant 10 60(-80) cm. Basal leaves obovate, shortly petiolate; cauline leaves obovate to elliptical, sessile, cordate-amplexicaul . Pedicels 4-9 mm in flower, 6-20 mm in fruit. Petals (7-)8-14 mm, yellowish- or greenish-white. Siliqua (4.5-)6-14 cm, strongly 4-angled, the valves 1-veined; style 0.8-3.5 mm, cylindrical. Seeds 2-3 mm.

Chromosome number:

2n=14

Distributional range:

C. & E. Europe frequently naturalized or casual elsewhere.

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):

Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):

Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, Bulgaria, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Poland, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Doubtful in Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part), Introduced in  the Balaeric Islands, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Iceland, Norway, Russia and former USSR, Svalbard archipelago

Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) - Country codes

? Ag Al Ar Au BH Bu Cs Ct Cy Eg Gr Hs(A S) Hu IJ It LS Ma Mk Mo Rf Rm Si(M S) Sr Tn Tu(E) Uk(K U) [Au(A) Bl(I M) By Es Fe Ge Hs(S) La Lt No Po Sk Sl]

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