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Conringia orientalis (Hare's Ear Mustard) |
Conringia orientalis (BRASSICACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Conringia orientalis (L.) Dumortier Published in Fl. Belg. 123 (1827) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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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
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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 |
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Species Description and Distribution |
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):
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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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