Rabano de Maleza Raphanus raphanistrum
Other Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- RAF-an-us raf-an-IS-trum
- Description
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Wild Radish is a weedy, flowering, annual plant in the mustard family. It is found in disturbed sides, roadsides and floodplains. It has an erect to sending habit forming a rossette of deeply lobed basal leaves and as the stems elongate they are covered in alternately arranged narrower leaves. Flowers are white to yellow pale lilace or pink with four petals and form elongated clusters at the stem tips. The flower petals have conspicuous greenish or purplish veins, and its seedpods are divided into conspicuous segments.
Wild Radish does best in sandy, loamy, and clay soils, evenly moist, in full sun or partial shade. It is not frost tender.
Wild Radish can spread rapidly and is considered invasive in Alaska and Australia. It is often found growing on roadsides or other disturbed ground.
Diseases, Insect Pests, and Other Plant Problems:
No known diseases or insect pests. Host of an eelworm that attacks cultivated crops.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Raphanus
- Species:
- raphanistrum
- Family:
- Brassicaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Annual
- Biennial
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Seed
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Europe, Mediterranean, North Africa
- Distribution:
- Worldwide from Greenland, North America, South America, to Asia and Africa.
- Wildlife Value:
- Attracts bees.
- Edibility:
- Young leaves and seeds can be used in salads.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Annual
- Weed
- Habit/Form:
- Multi-stemmed
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- High
- Texture:
- Coarse
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Green
- Purple/Lavender
- Fruit Type:
- Siliqua
- Fruit Description:
- Pods that are green purple when immature yellow-brown to grey with age. Erect pods are on stalks, and contain red-brown egg-shaped seeds.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Pink
- Purple/Lavender
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Raceme
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Description:
- Raceme rises from leaf axil more that 10 inches long with up to 42 flowers. The flowers have four white (sometimes yellow or purple) petals with dark veins.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Blue
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Rough
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Rosulate
- Leaf Shape:
- Pinnatisect
- Leaf Margin:
- Crenate
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- Yes
- Leaf Length:
- > 6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Green to blue-green, 14 inch leaves with some hairs that make it feel rough to the touch.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Blue
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Cross Section:
- Angular
- Stem Form:
- Zig Zags
- Stem Surface:
- Hairy (pubescent)
- Stem Description:
- Blue-green angular, branched or with a few branches at the base of the plant. Slightly ridged, and bristly-hairy all over.
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Landscape:
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Pollinators
- Problems:
- Problem for Horses
- Weedy
