A modern reference to temperate woody plants, including updated content from this site and much new material, can be found at Trees and Shrubs Online.
Cruciferae
A genus of three shrubby species in Spain and N. Africa. Flowers yellow, with clawed petals, borne in racemes. Filaments of inner stamens paired and connate. The elongated pod-like fruit is of distinctive shape: it is constricted around the middle and only the lower portion is fertile, the upper sterile part forming a beak.
Some names used by Bean have now been superseded and are no longer familiar. To ensure that all plants can be easily found, under any name, we have cross-referenced to The Plant List, a collaboration between RBG Kew, Missouri Botanical Gardens and other organisations, which aims to provide a currently accepted name for any plant. Not all taxonomists will agree with all Plant List nomenclature, but it provides a baseline to compare names. For each species above, clicking on the Modern Name will link to the entry for that name on The Plant List website.
