White Crucifers

Mustard Family - Brassicaceae

Greek Penny-cress Noccaea graeca

Native and endemic to the mountains of the Peloponnese.


Flowers	Flowers	Basal leaf	Stem leaf

Seed capsule

Perfoliate Penny-cress Noccaea perfoliata

Native throughout most of Europe, the Mediterranean Region and eastwards into Central Asia.


Habit	Flowers	Stem leaf	Stem leaf

Flowers and seed capsules	Seed capsules	Seed capsules	Seed capsules

Abyssinian Kale Crambe hispanica ssp. hispanica

This subspecies is native to Greece and eastwards to Asia Minor and the Middle East. Occasional in grassy places.


Flowers	Flowers	Flowers	Lower leaf

Upper leaves	Bristly stem	Seed capsule

White Ball-mustard Calepina irregularis

Native to the Mediterranean Region and eastward through the Middle East to the Caucasus. Often a plant of disturbed ground in urban areas.


Habit	Flowers	Flowers	Flowers

Basal leaf	Basal leaf	Stem leaf	Seed capsules

Common Whitlowgrass Draba verna

Native throughout Europe and western Asia.


Habit	Flowers	Basal leaves	Seed capsules

Southern Shepherd's-cress Teesdalia coronopifolia

Native to the Mediterranean Region and Madeira.


Flowers	Leaves

Hoary Cress Lepidium draba

Native to the mediterranean Region and eastwards through eastern Europe to Central Asia and China. A plant of disturbed ground and roadsides, often on heavier soils.


Habit	Flowers	Leaf	Seed capsule

Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana

Native throughout Eurasia and much of Africa. Often common as an urban weed.


Habit	Flowers	Basal leaves	Seed capsules held away from stem

Common Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris

Native throughout Eurasia.


Flowers	Basal leaves	Leaves	Leaves

Seed capsule	Seed capsules

Hairy Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta

Native throughout Europe, much of Africa and east into South-east Asia.


Flowers with only four stamens	Basal leaf	Bristly leaf petiole	Long, upright capsules

Greek Bittercress Cardamine graeca

Native to the central and eastern Mediterranean Region.


Flowers	Leaf	Seed capsules	Seed capsule

Common Water-cress Nasturtium officinale

Native throughout Europe and northern Africa to western Asia. Forms low mats of full, leafy vegetation in usually flowing water, with clustered heads of white flowers. The seeds are in a double row within the seed capsule.


Habit	Habit	Flowers	Leaves

Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum

Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Basin to western Asia. Once known, this is an easy plant to recognise, with its coarse, bristly leaves and stems and its seed pods that have faint ribbing between the developing seeds. Flowers usually have dark veins and populations usually have a mix of both white and pale yellow flowered plants among them. The petals have long bases to them, forming a distinct cross shape.


Flower	Flower	Basal leaves	Seed capsule

Flora of Peloponnese An Identification Guide

White Crucifers

Mustard Family - Brassicaceae

Species List

Flora of Peloponnese
An Identification Guide