Matthiola longipetala

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Matthiola longipetala (Vent.) DC. subsp. bicornis (Sibth. et Smith) P.W. Ball (syn.: Matthiola bicornis (Sibth. et Smith) DC.) (SE-Eur.) – An exceptional and ephemeral escape from cultivation. Recorded at the foot of a wall in 2005 in Berchem (Antwerpen) and in Brugge in 2013.

This taxon is sometimes included in wildflower seed-mixtures nowadays and might increase in the future (see also Lombard 2009).

Matthiola longipetala, Berchem (Antwerpen), foot of wall, July 2005, E. Molenaar Matthiola longipetala, Berchem (Antwerpen), foot of wall, July 2005, E. Molenaar
Matthiola longipetala, Berchem (Antwerpen), foot of wall, July 2005, E. Molenaar Matthiola longipetala, Berchem (Antwerpen), foot of wall, July 2005, E. Molenaar
Matthiola longipetala, Berchem (Antwerpen), foot of wall, July 2005, E. Molenaar  

 

References

Lombard A. (2009) Résultats d’herborisations en banlieue parisienne à Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne) et ses environs. Monde Pl. 497: 5-11.

Sârbu I., Ştefan N. & Toniuc A. (1993) Matthiola longipetala (Ven) DC. ssp. bicornes (Sibth. et Sm.) P.W. Ball dans la flore de Roumanie. An. Sti. Univ. "Al. I. Cuza" Iasi, Biol. 39: 81-83.

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Matthiola longipetala (Species List)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith