Brassicaceae
Sisymbrium

Sisymbrium irio L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 659 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to N. China and Himalaya, Sahara to N. & NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Annual erect herb 10–70 cm tall, glabrous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves petiolate, 4–20 x 1–6 cm, lyrate-pinnatifid with 3–5 pairs of narrow, acute, often recurved side lobes; margins irregularly serrate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals c. 2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 3–4 mm long, yellow, spathulate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Siliquae 40–50 x c. 1 mm, straight to curved, linear; style very short, up to 0.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
Pedicels 5–9 mm long, patent to ascending, distinctly thinner than siliquae
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 0.7–0.8 mm long, narrowly ovoid, light red-brown, shining.
Distribution
N1; Europe, N Africa, SW and C Asia.
[FSOM]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 2600 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2600–2600 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Cundinamarca.
Habit
Herb.
[UPFC]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Uses

Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

english
London rocket
unknown
khakshir, khoob-kalan

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0