Place of Publication
Contr. Gray Herb. 177: 55 (1955)
Type citation
CHILE. [Región de Coquimbo]. Coquimbo, 1839, C. Gay 63 (holotype P!).
Synonyms
References
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Rollins (1955)
Rollins, R.C. 1955. A revisionary study of the genus Menonvillea (Cruciferae). Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 177: 3-57
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Salariato et al. (2014)
Salariato, D.L. , Zuloaga , F.O. and Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2014. A revision of the genus Menonvillea (Cremolobeae, Brassicaceae). Phytotaxa 162(4):
Iconography
- Salariato et al. (2014): fig. 18
Regions
Habitat
Desert and Desert fog oases (Lomas)
Distribution and habitat
Restricted to regions Atacama) and Coquimbo where it mainly occurs in in coastal areas between sea level and 500 (-1100)
Descriptions
- Salariato et al. (2014)
Habit
Annual with stems 6–19 cm tall. Flowers from August to November.
Key characteristics
Closely related morphologically to M. filifolia and M. marticorenae, from both of which it is easily distinguished by having white and broadly obovate (vs. yellow and narrowly spatulate) petals and fruit valves with entire or rarely undulate (vs. crenate to entire) wings (Salariato, 2014)
Notes
Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.