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Brassicaceae

White wallrocket

Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC.

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Diplotaxis

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White wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides)
FlowerPhoto: NL, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (10)
Arabic
خفج جرجيري
arz
خفج جرجيرى
Catalan
Ravenissa comuna
English
White wallrocket
Finnish
Valkohietasinappi
German
Raukenähnlicher Doppelsame
Hebrew
טוריים מצויים
Spanish
Oruga silvestre, Rabaniza citrons
Swedish
Vit mursenap
Welsh
Roced wen

Synonyms

  • Brassica apula (Ten.) Janka
  • Brassica erucoides Boiss.
  • Crucifera erucoides E.H.L.Krause
  • Diplotaxis apula (Ten.) Ten.
  • Diplotaxis erucoides f. valentina (Pau) Maire
  • Diplotaxis erucoides subsp. erucoides
  • Diplotaxis erucoides var. erucoides
  • Diplotaxis erucoides var. valentina (Pau) O.E.Schultz
  • Diplotaxis hispidula Ten.
  • Diplotaxis leiocarpa Gand.
  • Diplotaxis longisiliqua Gand.
  • Diplotaxis platystylos Willk.
  • Diplotaxis ruscinonensis Gand.
  • Diplotaxis sagotii Gand.
  • Diplotaxis valentina Pau
  • Diplotaxis versicolor Porta
  • Diplotaxis virgata var. platystylos (Willk.) Nyman
  • Diplotaxis virgata var. platystylos Willk.
  • Diplotaxis virgata var. platystylos (Willk.) Willk.
  • Eruca hispida DC.
  • Erucastrum cossonianum Reut.
  • Erucastrum erucoides Calest.
  • Euzomum erucoides Spach
  • Malcolmia arabica Velen.
  • Raphanus erucoides Crantz
  • Sinapis apula Ten.
  • Sinapis erucoides L.
  • Sisymbrium erucoides Desf.

Flowers

In flower
October to May (from 1,309 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual, Biennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.