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Diplotaxis gracilis

Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Cape Verde (São Nicolau)
Climate
subtropical

About

Diplotaxis gracilis is a species of wall rockets that belong to the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde and is listed as endangered by the IUCN. The plant was named by Otto Eugen Schulz in 1916. The local name of the plant is mostarda-brabo (wild mustard).

Where it grows

Diplotaxis gracilis is found only in the island of São Nicolau, between 600 and 1,200 meters elevation. It occurs on steep slopes in the Monte Gordo Natural Park.

Other Diplotaxis plants

Diplotaxis antoniensis · White wallrocket · Diplotaxis glauca · Diplotaxis gorgadensis · Diplotaxis hirta · Annual wallrocket · Jaramago de Alborán · Diplotaxis sundingii · Perennial Wall-rocket · Diplotaxis varia · Vineyard Wall Rocket · Wallrocket

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplotaxis gracilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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