Turritis glabra




Family Brassicaceae
Scientific name Turritis glabra L.
Synonyms Arabis glabra (L.) Bernhardi; Arabis glabra (L.) Bernhardi var. furcatipilis M. Hopkins; Arabis macrocarpa (Nuttall) Torrey; Arabis perfoliata Lamarck; Arabis pseudoturritis Boissier & Heldreich; Turritis dregeana Sonder; Turritis glabra L. var. lilacina O. E. Schulz; Turritis macrocarpa Nuttall; Turritis pseudoturritis (Boissier & Heldreich) Velenovsky
Common name (Japanese common name) hata-zao (ハタザオ, 旗竿 [meaning: flag pole])
(English common name) tower mustard, tower rockcress
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia, China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Europe, Algeria, Morocco, Canada, USA
Habitat Field, forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=12, 16, 32
Description Plants electing 70-100cm tall. Leaves 3-14cm long. Flowers white petals 5-6mm long, flowering May to June. Winter annual plants.
Reference Turritis glabra L.
Turritis glabra Linnaeus
Method of using DNA episomes to suppress gene expression in plants (US Patent 20020148005)
Method of producing and screening antibodies produced in transgenic plants (US Patent 20060075521)



June 2007
at Hitachi Coastal Park
June 2007
at Hitachi Coastal Park
June 2007
at Hitachi Coastal Park



June 2007
at Hitachi Coastal Park
June 2007
at Hitachi Coastal Park