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Hesperis matronalis - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Corofin, Clare, Ireland; 8/2012 © Jörn Germer

Hesperis matronalis - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Corofin, Clare, Ireland; 8/2012 © Jörn Germer

Hesperis matronalis - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Corofin, Clare, Ireland; 8/2012 © Jörn Germer

Hesperis matronalis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Corofin, Clare, Ireland; 8/2012 © Jörn Germer

Hesperis matronalis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Corofin, Clare, Ireland; 8/2012 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2125
Date of entry: 16.06.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Dame’s rocket

German: Gewöhnliche Nachtviole

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Capparales (35)

        Family: Brassicaceae (32)(family description)

          Genus: Hesperis (1)

            Epithet: matronalis L. (1)

matronalis => of the married woman, dame, lady

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink, white

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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