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DESCRIPTION:
Wild radish is a winter or summer annual, or sometimes a biennial. It occurs
throughout California. Seed leaves are broad with a deep notch at the tip.
The first true leaves are irregularly lobed and may have separate lobes at the
base of the leaf blade. Seedlings resemble mustards in
the genus Brassica but are duller green and rougher textured. Mature
wild radish is an erect annual, usually 2 or more feet high, and branched
in the upper portion. Leaves vary in size and shape. Lower leaves are deeply
divided with leaflets arranged on both sides of the leafstalk and a large,
rounded terminal segment. Flowers range in color from white to purple to
pink or light yellow brown with streaks of different colors. Seedpods are elongated
and pithy or spongy.
Broadleaf ID illustration.
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