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Wall-Rockets
Diplotaxis
Diplotaxis (wall-rocket) is a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), native to Europe, the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia, Western Asia, the Himalayas, and northeastern tropical Africa; the species diversity is highest in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and the Cape Verde archipelago. They are annual or perennial plants, either herbaceous or sub-shrubby with a woody base. The flowers are yellow in most species, but are white in Diplotaxis erucoides and violet in Diplotaxis acris. Some species, such as Diplotaxis tenuifolia and Diplotaxis muralis, have been historically used as leaf vegetables, are similar to Eruca sativa in their peppery flavour, and are used interchangeably with it.
31 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Perennial Wall-rocket
speciesDiplotaxis tenuifolia
White Wall-rocket
speciesDiplotaxis erucoides
annual wall-rocket
speciesDiplotaxis muralis
Diplotaxis catholica
speciesDiplotaxis catholica
Diplotaxis harra
speciesDiplotaxis harra
Diplotaxis acris
speciesDiplotaxis acris
Diplotaxis virgata
speciesDiplotaxis virgata
Vineyard Wall-rocket
speciesDiplotaxis viminea
Diplotaxis ilorcitana
speciesDiplotaxis ilorcitana
Diplotaxis siifolia
speciesDiplotaxis siifolia
Diplotaxis ibicensis
speciesDiplotaxis ibicensis
Diplotaxis cretacea
speciesDiplotaxis cretacea
Diplotaxis tenuisiliqua
speciesDiplotaxis tenuisiliqua
Diplotaxis hirta
speciesDiplotaxis hirta
Diplotaxis pitardiana
speciesDiplotaxis pitardiana
Diplotaxis gorgadensis
speciesDiplotaxis gorgadensis
Diplotaxis glauca
speciesDiplotaxis glauca
Diplotaxis varia
speciesDiplotaxis varia
Diplotaxis antoniensis
speciesDiplotaxis antoniensis
Diplotaxis duveyrieriana
speciesDiplotaxis duveyrieriana
Diplotaxis vogelii
speciesDiplotaxis vogelii
Diplotaxis saharensis
speciesDiplotaxis saharensis
Diplotaxis simplex
speciesDiplotaxis simplex
Diplotaxis berthautii
speciesDiplotaxis berthautii
Diplotaxis gracilis
speciesDiplotaxis gracilis
Diplotaxis brevisiliqua
speciesDiplotaxis brevisiliqua
Diplotaxis brachycarpa
speciesDiplotaxis brachycarpa
Diplotaxis assurgens
speciesDiplotaxis assurgens
Diplotaxis kohlaanensis
speciesDiplotaxis kohlaanensis
Diplotaxis sundingii
speciesDiplotaxis sundingii
Alboran wall-rocket
speciesDiplotaxis siettiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72097.