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Conringia orientalis (L.) Dumort.
hare's-ear mustard
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)

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Species Information

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General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems 30-70 cm tall, mostly simple, glabrous and glaucous.
Leaves:
Basal leaves 5-9 cm long, oblanceolate to egg-shaped, narrowed to base, more or less entire; stem leaves oblong-lanceolate, unstalked and heart-shaped, clasping at the bases.
Flowers:
Racemes few-flowered, flat-topped; flower stalks ascending, 10-15 mm long; petals cream to lemon, with a slender stalklike base and a narrowly egg-shaped blade, 7-12 mm long; sepals sharp-pointed, erect, 6-8 mm long.
Fruits:
Siliques, 8-13 cm long, 1.5-2 mm thick, slightly constricted between the seeds, tapered to a slender tip; thick styles about 1 mm long.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / Range

Mesic to dry roadsides, fields and waste places in the steppe and montane zones; rare in SW and SC BC; introduced from Eurasia.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Conringia orientalis

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
Site Information
 Value / Class

Minimum

Average

Maximum
Elevation (metres)
Slope Gradient (%)
Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W] 		0
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric]
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
Number of field plots
 species was recorded in:		 1
Modal BEC Zone Class
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in:

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is cool temperate & cool mesothermal.

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Brassica orientalis L.

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Flora North America treatment for Brassicaceae
Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
 International Plant Names Index
 Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
 Integrated Taxonomic Information System

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General References

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Family References
 General Botanical References for BC
Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2024-09-30 1:20:30 PM ]
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